SID (Security ID)

[UJ]

My network engineer has said there is a system SID that you can get that is
unique to each computer on a network. Does anybody know where this is stored
or how to get it? I looked through regedit and there are lots and lots of
SID so I don't know which one is the correct one.

What's I'm looking for is a unique identifier for each machine that the user
can't/shouldn't change. I don't want to use the machine name because if
people are on the same network but different domains, they in theory could
have the same computer name.

TIA - Jeff.

 

[tdavisjr]

Maybe you want to try the windows xp forums. This don't appear to be a
C# language issue.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

My network engineer has said there is a system SID that you can get that
is unique to each computer on a network. Does anybody know where this is
stored or how to get it? I looked through regedit and there are lots and
lots of SID so I don't know which one is the correct one.

What's I'm looking for is a unique identifier for each machine that the
user can't/shouldn't change. I don't want to use the machine name because
if people are on the same network but different domains, they in theory
could have the same computer name.

TIA - Jeff.

It's the objectSID attribute of the computer account and it's stored in the
AD.

Willy.

 

[UJ]

Pardon my ignorance. What's the AD?

It's the objectSID attribute of the computer account and it's stored in
the AD.

Willy.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

AD = Active Directory, this is the LDAP Directory Service running on a W2K
or W2K3 Domain Controller.

Willy.

 

[UJ]

Thanks. But I need to be able to get it also from a Windows XP machine.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

I'm sorry but, there is no such thing like a Machine SID for standalone
members, machine SID's are generated when a machine joins a domain and they
are stored in the DC.

Willy.