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SetThreadToken(3w)

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".

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