NAME¶

SetThreadToken (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL SetThreadToken
(
PHANDLE thread,
HANDLE token
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Assigns an 'impersonation token' to a thread so it can assume the security privileges of another thread or process. Can also remove a previously assigned token.

PARAMS¶

thread [Out] Handle to thread to set the token for. token [In] Token to set.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE. The threads access token is set to token Failure: FALSE.

NOTES¶

Only supported on NT or higher. On Win9X this function does nothing. See SetTokenInformation(3w).

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winbase.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/security.c". Debug channel "advapi".