named_pipe.h File Reference

#include <windows.h>

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Macros
#define	DEFAULT_NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP   ""
#define	NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_EVERYONE   "*everyone*"

Functions
HANDLE	create_server_named_pipe (SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES **ppsec_attr, DWORD buffer_size, const char *name, char *name_buf, size_t buflen, const char *full_access_group_name=nullptr)
	Creates an instance of a named pipe and returns a handle. More...
bool	is_valid_named_pipe_full_access_group (const char *group_name)
bool	my_security_attr_add_rights_to_group (SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *psa, const char *group_name, DWORD group_rights)

Variables
const DWORD	NAMED_PIPE_OWNER_PERMISSIONS = GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE
const DWORD	NAMED_PIPE_EVERYONE_PERMISSIONS
const DWORD	NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_PERMISSIONS

Macro Definition Documentation

DEFAULT_NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP

#define DEFAULT_NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP   ""

NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_EVERYONE

#define NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_EVERYONE   "*everyone*"

Function Documentation

create_server_named_pipe()

HANDLE create_server_named_pipe	(	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES **	ppsec_attr,
		DWORD	buffer_size,
		const char *	name,
		char *	name_buf,
		size_t	buflen,
		const char *	full_access_group_name
	)

Creates an instance of a named pipe and returns a handle.

Parameters

ppsec_attr	Output argument: on exit, points to the security attributes for the pipe.
buffer_size	Number of bytes to reserve for input and output buffers.
name	The name of the pipe.
name_buf	Output argument: null-terminated concatenation of "\\.\pipe\" and name.
buflen	The size of name_buff.
full_access_group_name	The name of the local Windows group whose members will have full access to the named pipe.

Returns

Pipe handle, or INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE in case of error.

Note

The entire pipe name string can be up to 256 characters long. Pipe names are not case sensitive.

is_valid_named_pipe_full_access_group()

bool is_valid_named_pipe_full_access_group

(

const char *

group_name

)

my_security_attr_add_rights_to_group()

bool my_security_attr_add_rights_to_group	(	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *	psa,
		const char *	group_name,
		DWORD	group_rights
	)

Variable Documentation

NAMED_PIPE_EVERYONE_PERMISSIONS

const DWORD NAMED_PIPE_EVERYONE_PERMISSIONS

Initial value:

=
    FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_READ_DATA | FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES |
    FILE_WRITE_DATA | SYNCHRONIZE | READ_CONTROL

NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_PERMISSIONS

const DWORD NAMED_PIPE_FULL_ACCESS_GROUP_PERMISSIONS

Initial value:

=
    GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE

NAMED_PIPE_OWNER_PERMISSIONS

const DWORD NAMED_PIPE_OWNER_PERMISSIONS = GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE