[DllImport("advapi32", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError=true)]
static extern bool ConvertSidToStringSid(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] byte [] pSID,
out IntPtr ptrSid);
[DllImport("advapi32", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool ConvertSidToStringSid(
IntPtr pSID,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] out string ptrSid);
Declare Auto Function ConvertSidToStringSid Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal pSID() As Byte, _
ByRef ptrSid As IntPtr) As Boolean
As explained here, memory for the returned unmanaged string must be freed by calling LocalFree. Therefore, you must define the string as an IntPtr in managed code and call LocalFree yourself. Otherwise, the marshaler would call CoTaskMemFree which is not correct in this case.
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// C# sample
public static string GetSidString(byte[] sid)
{
IntPtr ptrSid;
string sidString;
if (!ConvertSidToStringSid(sid,out ptrSid))
throw new System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception();
try
{
sidString = Marshal.PtrToStringAuto(ptrSid);
}
finally
{
LocalFree(ptrSid);
}
return sidString;
}
//Another C# Sample that converts a sid from a DirectoryEntry object
private string GetTextualSID(DirectoryEntry objGroup){
string sSID = string.Empty;
byte[] SID = objGroup.Properties["objectSID"].Value as byte[];
IntPtr sidPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal( SID.Length);
sSID = "";
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(SID, 0, sidPtr, SID.Length);
ConvertSidToStringSid((IntPtr)sidPtr, ref sSID);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeHGlobal( sidPtr );
return sSID;}
//Another C# sample that takes a WELL_KNOWN_SID_TYPE and returns the StringSid
//on the local machine (i.e. domainSid always NULL).
//This uses the second (alternate) PInvoke definition
string GetWellKnownSID(WELL_KNOWN_SID_TYPE wellKnownSidType)
{
IntPtr domainSid = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr pSid = IntPtr.Zero;
uint cbSid = 0;
string sidString = string.Empty;
NativeMethods.CreateWellKnownSid(wellKnownSidType, domainSid, pSid, ref cbSid);
pSid = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Convert.ToInt32(cbSid));
if (NativeMethods.CreateWellKnownSid(wellKnownSidType, domainSid, pSid, ref cbSid))
{
NativeMethods.ConvertSidToStringSid(pSid, out sidString);
}
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pSid);
return sidString;
}
'VB Sample
Public Shared Function ByteArrayToStringSid(ByRef bArray As Byte()) As String
Dim ptrSID As IntPtr = Nothing
Try
Dim sSID As String = String.Empty
If ConvertSidToStringSid(bArray, ptrSID) = True Then
'The PtrToStringXXX call here needs to match the CharSet used on your
'ConvertSidToStringSid DllImport. The default is CharSet.Ansi.
sSID = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(ptrSID)
End If
Return sSID
Finally
LocalFree(ptrSID)
End Try
End Function
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