How to find Logged In user type in C/C++?

[santusapi]

Hello All,
Please can anybody help me how to find the system user type in c/c++ code...? I just want to do some operation if the user is system admin... If there is some other way to find system admin, please tell me and help me in solving this...

[Banfa]

There is no way to do it in standard C/C++ you would need to call some platform dependant OS provided API if there is one.

[santusapi]

Thank You Banfa... But can you help me a little more in doing this...??? Please...

[hype261]

What OS are you using snatusapi? That will help us give you a clue...

[santusapi]

I'm using windows XP.. but i might use that call in most of the versions of windows...

[newb16]

It may not matter who is logged in, but what under user your process is running.
Find the user the process is running under and then find if it belongs to administrators group? Then search for functions to do this on microsoft site, starting e.g. from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.85).aspx
Googled a bit more ... -
OpenProcess (PID) -> process handle
OpenProcessToke n (process handle) -> access token
GetTokenInforma tion (access token) -> token info
LookupAccountSi d (token info.SID) -> "domain\use r"

[santusapi]

Thank you newb16... I will try this once... Thanks a lot for the idea...