LookupPrivilegeValue

Description

The LookupPrivilegeValue function retrieves the locally unique identifier (LUID) used on a specified system to locally represent the specified privilege name.

Syntax

BOOL WINAPI LookupPrivilegeValue(
  _In_opt_  LPCTSTR lpSystemName,
  _In_      LPCTSTR lpName,
  _Out_     PLUID lpLuid
);

Parameters

lpSystemName [in, optional]

A pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the system on which the privilege name is retrieved. If a null string is specified, the function attempts to find the privilege name on the local system.

lpName [in]

A pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the privilege, as defined in the Winnt.h header file. For example, this parameter could specify the constant, SE_SECURITY_NAME, or its corresponding string, "SeSecurityPrivilege".

lpLuid [out]

A pointer to a variable that receives the LUID by which the privilege is known on the system specified by the lpSystemName parameter.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the function returns nonzero.

If the function fails, it returns zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

DLL

• Advapi32.dll