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AFSecurity.GetAccountNameForSID Method (SecurityIdentifier, Boolean, String)

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AFSecurity.GetAccountNameForSID Method (SecurityIdentifier, Boolean, String)

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Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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Helper method to return the Windows Account name for a security identifier (SID) on a remote machine.

Namespace: OSIsoft.AF
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.1.1.1182

Syntax

public static string GetAccountNameForSID(
	SecurityIdentifier sid,
	bool invariant,
	string machineName
)

Public Shared Function GetAccountNameForSID ( 
	sid As SecurityIdentifier,
	invariant As Boolean,
	machineName As String
) As String

Dim sid As SecurityIdentifier
Dim invariant As Boolean
Dim machineName As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = AFSecurity.GetAccountNameForSID(sid, 
	invariant, machineName)

public:
static String^ GetAccountNameForSID(
	SecurityIdentifier^ sid, 
	bool invariant, 
	String^ machineName
)

static member GetAccountNameForSID : 
        sid : SecurityIdentifier * 
        invariant : bool * 
        machineName : string -> string

Parameters

sid: Type: System.Security.PrincipalSecurityIdentifier
The security identifier (SID) to convert to an account name.
invariant: Type: SystemBoolean
If , the invariant name of the built-in accounts will be returned.
machineName: Type: SystemString
The name of the remote machine to be used as the context for resolving the sid. To use the local machine, specify .

Return Value

Type: String
The account name associated with the SID. If no account name is found, the SID is returned in string form.

Version Information

AFSDK

Supported in: 3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.10.11, 2.10.5, 2.10.0, 2.10, 2.9.5, 2.9, 2.8.5, 2.8, 2.7.5, 2.7

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