NetFileGetInfo info Overview Group

The NetFileGetInfo function retrieves information about a particular opening of a server resource.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group can successfully execute NetFileGetInfo.

NET_API_STATUS NetFileGetInfo(

LPTSTR servername,
DWORD fileid,
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.

fileid

File identifier of the open resource for which to return information. The fileid value must be that returned in a previous enumeration call.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the level of information pointed to in the bufptr parameter.

Value	Meaning
2	Return file identification number. Points to a buffer that contains an array of FILE_INFO_2 structures.
3	Return information about the file. Points to a buffer that contains an array of FILE_INFO_3 structures.

bufptr

Pointer to the address of the return information structure.

Return Values

If the function returns account information, the return value is 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.
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND	The file was not found.
ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL	The value specified for the Level parameter is invalid.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	Insufficient memory is available
NERR_BufTooSmall	The supplied buffer is too small.

NetFileGetInfo info Overview Group

Security Requirements

Parameters

Return Values

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