GetAccountSid Function

[Tbird800]

Hey Guys -

I am attempting to use the GetAccountSid Function to get the SID of the machine, but I can only get it to return 0. Any ideas? Here is the code I have so far for testing. The help file documentation isn't real helpful. I'm not sure if it has to be an array or something?

#Include <Security.au3>

$sAccount = @UserName

$sSystem = ""

$SID = _Security__GetAccountSid($sAccount, $sSystem = "")

MsgBox(4096, "Test", $SID)

Thanks in advance.

Edited July 7, 2008 by Tbird800

[Airwolf]

_Security_GetAccountSid() returns a binary value in byte structure which isn't easy to work with. Try using _Security_LookupAccountName() instead, then use the index (zero) of the array and it will give you the SID in string format.

#Include <Security.au3>
$sAccount = @UserName
$SID = _Security__LookupAccountName($sAccount)
MsgBox(4096, "Test", $SID[0])

Edited July 7, 2008 by Airwolf

[Tbird800]

Thanks! Worked great. I was writing some code to remove saved Internet Explorer passwords as well as prevent any more from being saved in the future. This is what I came up with:

If RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings", "DisablePasswordCaching") = 0 and @OSVersion = "WIN_XP" THEN

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings", "DisablePasswordCaching", "reg_dword", "1")

$sAccount = @UserName

$SID = _Security__LookupAccountName($sAccount)

FileCopy(@AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\Credentials\" & $SID[0] & "\*.*", @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\Credentials\")

FileDelete(@AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\Credentials\" & $SID[0] & "\*.*")

EndIf

Maybe this will help someone else.

Thanks again.