NetUserGetInfo - Win32 Programmer's Reference (win32.hlp)

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
No
Win32s
No
Import Library
netapi32.lib
Header File
lmaccess.h
Unicode
WinNT
Platform Notes
All LanMan APIs are UNICODE only

NetUserGetInfo

The NetUserGetInfo function retrieves information about a particular user account on a server.

Security Requirements
No special group membership is required to successfully execute NetUserGetInfo. This is a change from LAN Manager, which required membership in the Administrators or Account Operators local group to call this function at information levels above 0 (except for the user's own account, which could use level 11).

NET_API_STATUS NetUserGetInfo(

LPWSTR servername,
LPWSTR username,
DWORD level,
LPBYTE *bufptr
);

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.

username
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the user account on which to return information.

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

Value	Meaning
0	Returns USER_INFO_0 structure pointed to in bufptr.
	Returns USER_INFO_1 structure pointed to in bufptr.
	Returns USER_INFO_2 structure pointed to in bufptr.
	Returns USER_INFO_3 structure pointed to in bufptr.
10	Returns USER_INFO_10 structure pointed to in bufptr.
11	Returns USER_INFO_11 structure pointed to in bufptr.
20	Returns USER_INFO_20 structure pointed to in bufptr.

bufptr
Pointer to the buffer in which the data set with the level parameter is stored. The returned buffer should be deallocated using the NetApiBufferFree function.

Return Values
If the function is successful, it returns 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.
NERR_UserNotFound	The user name could not be found.

See Also
NetApiBufferFree, NetUserSetInfo, NetUserGetGroups, NetUserEnum

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