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ChangeSecurityPermissionsEx method of the CIM_LogicalFile class

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The ChangeSecurityPermissionsEx method changes the security permissions for the logical file specified in the object path (this method is an extended version of the ChangeSecurityPermissions method). If the logical file is a directory, then this method will act recursively, changing the security permissions for all of the files and sub-directories that the directory contains.

Important

The DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) CIM (Common Information Model) classes are the parent classes upon which WMI classes are built. WMI currently supports only the CIM 2.x version schemas.

This topic uses Managed Object Format (MOF) syntax. For more information about using this method, see Calling a Method.

Syntax

uint32 ChangeSecurityPermissionsEx(
  [in]           Win32_SecurityDescriptor SecurityDescriptor,
  [in]           uint32                   Option,
  [out]          string                   StopFileName,
  [in, optional] string                   StartFileName,
  [in, optional] boolean                  Recursive
);

Parameters

SecurityDescriptor [in]

Specifies the security information.

Option [in]

Security privilege to modify. For example, to change the owner and DACL security, use

Option = 1 + 4

or

Option = CHANGE_OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | CHANGE_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION

Change_Owner_Security_Information (1)

Change the owner of the logical file.

Change_Group_Security_Information (2)

Change the group of the logical file.

Change_Dacl_Security_Information (4)

Change the ACL of the logical file.

Change_Sacl_Security_Information (8)

Change the system ACL of the logical file.

StopFileName [out]

String that represents the name of the file (or directory) where the method failed. This parameter has a value of null if the method succeeds.

StartFileName [in, optional]

String that represents the child file (or directory) to use as a starting point for this method. Typically, the StartFileName parameter is the StopFileName parameter specifying the file (or directory) at which an error occurred from the previous method call. If the parameter value is null, the operation is performed on the file or directory specified in the ExecMethod call.

Recursive [in, optional]

If TRUE, the security permissions are applied recursively to files and directories within the directory specified by the CIM_LogicalFile instance. For file instances, this parameter is ignored.

Return value

Returns a value of 0 (zero) on success, and any other number to indicate an error.

Success

0

Success.

Access Denied

2

Access denied.

Unspecified failure

8

Unspecified failure.

Invalid object

9

Invalid object.

Object already exists

10

Object already exists.

File system not NTFS

11

File system not NTFS.

Platform not NT/Windows 2000

12

Platform not Windows.

Drive not the same

13

Drive not the same.

Directory not empty

14

Directory not empty.

Sharing violation

15

Sharing violation.

Invalid start file

16

Invalid start file.

Privilege not held

17

Privilege not held.

Invalid parameter

21

Invalid parameter.

Remarks

This method is currently not implemented by WMI. To use this method, you must implement it in your own provider.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
 Windows Vista
Minimum supported server
 Windows Server 2008
Namespace
 Root\CIMV2
MOF
CIMWin32.mof
DLL
CIMWin32.dll

See also

CIM_LogicalFile

CIM_LogicalFile