Sid

Windows security identifier.

Constructor

Sid value

Constructs a SID from its canonical string or native binary representation.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
value	Str|Bin	SID representation

Fields

revision

SID revision number.

identifier_authority

The 48-bit identifier authority as an integer.

sub_authority_count

Number of sub-authorities.

sub_authorities

Sub-authorities as an immutable Tuple.

Methods

lookup()

Resolves the SID in the active Windows VFS target.

Returns: SidName

Errors:

• Raises sys.NotFoundError when the SID is unmapped.
• Raises UnsupportedError for Unix targets.

to_bin()

Returns the native Windows packet representation.

Returns: Bin

let sid = Sid S-1-5-32-544
echo $sid.identifier_authority
let encoded = sid.to_bin()