user-name-to-sid-string Function

Summary

Returns a standard SID (Security Identifier) associated with the user.

Package

win32

Signature

user-name-to-sid-string user-name => sid-string

Arguments

user-name⇩

A string.

Values

sid-string

A string or nil.

Description

The function user-name-to-sid-string returns a standard SID (Security Identifier) associated with the user user-name on the current machine. It returns nil if it failed to find the user.

See also

wait-for-connection
security-description-string-for-open-named-pipe