Getuidx64 Require Administrator Privileges ✦

#ifdef _WIN32 BOOL is_admin = FALSE; HANDLE hToken; OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken); CheckTokenMembership(hToken, &SidBuiltinAdministrators, &is_admin); #else uid_t uid = getuid(); #endif

You will most likely encounter getuidx64 in the following contexts: getuidx64 require administrator privileges

Before you click "Yes" on that UAC prompt, you should verify the source of the file. #ifdef _WIN32 BOOL is_admin = FALSE; HANDLE hToken;

getuidx64 is a low-level Windows API/utility that queries or manipulates user identifiers (UIDs) on 64-bit Windows systems. Because it reads or modifies sensitive account and security information, calling getuidx64 typically requires administrator privileges; without those privileges the call will fail or return limited/filtered data. #ifdef _WIN32 BOOL is_admin = FALSE