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Struct SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES

Namespace
Windows.Win32.Security
Assembly
Ecng.Interop.dll

The SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure contains the security descriptor for an object and specifies whether the handle retrieved by specifying this structure is inheritable.

public struct SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Fields

bInheritHandle

A Boolean value that specifies whether the returned handle is inherited when a new process is created. If this member is TRUE, the new process inherits the handle.

public BOOL bInheritHandle

Field Value

BOOL

lpSecurityDescriptor

A pointer to a [**SECURITY\_DESCRIPTOR**](../winnt/ns-winnt-security_descriptor.md) structure that controls access to the object. If the value of this member is **NULL**, the object is assigned the default security descriptor associated with the [*access token*](/windows/win32/secauthz/access-tokens) of the calling process. This is not the same as granting access to everyone by assigning a **NULL** [*discretionary access control list*](/windows/win32/secauthz/dacls-and-aces) (DACL). By default, the default DACL in the access token of a process allows access only to the user represented by the access token. For information about creating a security descriptor, see [Creating a Security Descriptor](/windows/win32/secauthz/creating-a-security-descriptor-for-a-new-object-in-c--).

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public void* lpSecurityDescriptor

Field Value

void*

nLength

The size, in bytes, of this structure. Set this value to the size of the SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure.

public uint nLength

Field Value

uint