CoRevertToSelf

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function restores the authentication information on a thread of execution.

Syntax

HRESULT CoRevertToSelf( )

Parameters

None.

Return Value

This function supports the standard return values, including the following values:

• S_OK
  Indicates success.

• RPC_E_CALL_COMPLETE
  Indicates failure. The current thread should be terminated.

Remarks

CoRevertToSelf, which is a helper function that calls IServerSecurity::RevertToSelf, restores the authentication information on a thread to the authentication information on the thread before impersonation began.

CoRevertToSelf encapsulates the following common sequence of calls (error handling excluded).

    CoGetCallContext(IID_IServerSecurity, (void**)&pss);
    pss->RevertToSelf();
    pss->Release();

To determine whether the platform supports this function, see Determining Supported COM APIs.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

COM Functions
CoGetCallContext