Method from_string

windows/security.py:807–826

Return a new :class:`SecurityDescriptor` from the ``SDDL``. :returns: :class:`SecurityDescriptor` .. warning:: At the moment the underliying buffer is never freed. See `ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorA <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/

(cls, sddl)

    # Constructors
    @classmethod
    def from_string(cls, sddl):
        """Return a new :class:`SecurityDescriptor` from the ``SDDL``.

        :returns: :class:`SecurityDescriptor`

        .. warning::

            At the moment the underliying buffer is never freed.

            See `ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorA <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/sddl/nf-sddl-convertstringsecuritydescriptortosecuritydescriptora>`_
        """
        self = cls()
        winproxy.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorA(
            sddl.encode("ascii"),
            gdef.SDDL_REVISION_1,
            self,
            None)
        # TODO: we need to free this buffer..
        # Keep track of Security Descritor state ?
        return self

    @classmethod
    def _from_name_and_type(cls, objname, objtype, flags=DEFAULT_SECURITY_INFORMATION, query_sacl=False):