NetLocalGroupEnum

The NetLocalGroupEnum function retrieves information about each local group account.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group can successfully execute NetLocalGroupEnum.

NET_API_STATUS NetLocalGroupEnum(

LPWSTR servername,  
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.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the level of information pointed to in the bufptr parameter.

Value Meaning
0 Return the local group name of the user. The returned buffer points to an array of LOCALGROUP_INFO_0 structures.
1 Return local group attributes of the user. The returned buffer points to an array of LOCALGROUP_INFO_1 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 a resumehandle, which is used to continue an existing local 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_MORE_DATA More entries are available with subsequent calls.

See Also

NetQueryDisplayInformation, NetLocalGroupGetInfo