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SetFileSecurity

The SetFileSecurity function sets the security of a file or directory object. Windows NT 4.0 and later: You can use the SetNamedSecurityInfo function.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function SetFileSecurity Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "SetFileSecurityA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal SecurityInformation As Long, pSecurityDescriptor As SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR) As Long

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Win9x/ME: Not supported

Library
Advapi32

Parameter Information
· lpFileName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the file or directory for which security is set. Note that security applied to a directory is not inherited by its children.

· SecurityInformation
[in] Specifies a SECURITY_INFORMATION structure identifying the contents of the security descriptor pointed to by the pSecurityDescriptor parameter.

· pSecurityDescriptor
[in] Pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

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