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Reputation: 25938

Determine a Registry Key's Object Name

I am attempting to set the Discretionary Access Control List(DACL) for a Registry Key using the function SetNamedSecurityInfo().

I'm not sure what the first parameter pObjectName should be for this function if I am setting a Registry Key? What I am also not sure about is the format of this string, ie, for current user do I use HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ or CURRENT_USER?

For a registry key is the object name just the path to the registry key or something else?

For example:

LPTSTR pObjectName = _T("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\MyAppName");
// or should it be...
LPTSTR pObjectName = _T("CURRENT_USER\\Software\\MyAppName");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 833

Answers (1)

Remy Lebeau
Remy Lebeau

Reputation: 598039

Read the documentation for SetNamedSecurityInfo():

For descriptions of the string formats for the different object types, see SE_OBJECT_TYPE.

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SE_REGISTRY_KEY Indicates a registry key. A registry key object can be in the local registry, such as CLASSES_ROOT\SomePath or in a remote registry, such as \ComputerName\CLASSES_ROOT\SomePath.

The names of registry keys must use the following literal strings to identify the predefined registry keys: "CLASSES_ROOT", "CURRENT_USER", "MACHINE", and "USERS".

So the answer to your question is this:

LPTSTR pObjectName = _T("CURRENT_USER\\Software\\MyAppName");

Upvotes: 2

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