How can I get the SID of the current Windows account?

Question

I am looking for an easy way to get the SID for the current Windows user account. I know I can do it through WMI, but I don\'t want to go that route.

Apologies to ev

Answer 1

ATL::CAccessToken accessToken;
ATL::CSid currentUserSid;
if (accessToken.GetProcessToken(TOKEN_READ | TOKEN_QUERY) &&
    accessToken.GetUser(¤tUserSid))
    return currentUserSid.Sid();