NetLocalGroupGetMembers

The NetLocalGroupGetMembers function retrieves a list of the members of a particular local group in the security database.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group can successfully execute NetLocalGroupGetMembers. However, when the request is made by a user who has membership in the specified local group, in no special group membership is required.

NET_API_STATUS NetLocalGroupGetMembers(

LPWSTR servername,
LPWSTR localgroupname,
DWORD level,
LPBYTE *bufptr,
DWORD prefmaxlen,
LPDWORD entriesread,
LPDWORD totalentries,
LPDWORD resumehandle
);

Parameters

servername

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.

localgroupname

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the local group whose members are to be listed.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the levels of information provided.

Value	Meaning
0	The bufptr parameter points to an array of LOCALGROUP_MEMBERS_INFO_0 structures.
	The bufptr parameter points to an array of LOCALGROUP_MEMBERS_INFO_1 structures.
	The bufptr parameter points to an array of LOCALGROUP_MEMBERS_INFO_2 structures.
	The bufptr parameter points to an array of LOCALGROUP_MEMBERS_INFO_3 structures.

bufptr

On return, a pointer to the return information structure is returned in the address pointed to by bufptr. The returned buffer should be deallocated using the NetApiBufferFree function.

prefmaxlen

Preferred maximum length, in 8-bit bytes of returned data.

entriesread

Pointer to a DWORD that contains the actual enumerated element count.

totalentries

Pointer to a DWORD that contains the total number of entries that could have been enumerated from the current resume position.

resumehandle

Pointer to a DWORD that contains resumehandle, which is used to continue an existing user group search. The handle should be zero on the first call and left unchanged for subsequent calls. If resumehandle is NULL, then no resume handle is stored.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value	Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	The user does not have access to the requested information.
NERR_InvalidComputer	The computer name is invalid.
ERROR_NO_SUCH_ALIAS	The alias group does not exist.

See Also

NetApiBufferFree, NetLocalGroupSetMembers

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