Using an access token to acquire users' group information (Windows)
An access token is an object that describes the security context of a process or thread. The information in an access token includes the identity and privileges of the user account associated with the process or thread.
When you log on, the system verifies your password by comparing it with information stored in a security database. If the password is authenticated, the system produces an access token. Every process run on your behalf uses a copy of this access token.
An access token can also be acquired based on cached credentials. After you have been authenticated to the system, your credentials are cached by the operating system. The access token of the last logon can be referenced in the cache when it is not possible to contact the domain controller.
The access token includes information about all of the groups you belong to: local groups and various domain groups (global groups, domain local groups, and universal groups).
- The first parameter is for conventional group lookup and can take the values: "", "LOCAL", or "DOMAIN".
- The second parameter is for token style group lookup and can take the values: "TOKEN", "TOKENDOMAIN", or "TOKENLOCAL".
- TOKENLOCAL
The token is used to enumerate groups at the local machine (this is equivalent to conventional "LOCAL" group lookup).
- TOKENDOMAIN
The token is used to enumerate groups at the location where the user is defined (at local machine for a local user and at the domain for a domain user). This is equivalent to conventional "", or "DOMAIN" group lookup.
- TOKEN
The token is used to enumerate groups at both the domain and on the local machine. For a local user, the groups returned will contain local groups. For a domain user, the groups returned will contain both domain and local groups. There is no equivalent in conventional group lookup.
db2set DB2_GRP_LOOKUP=LOCAL,TOKENLOCAL
db2set DB2_GRP_LOOKUP=,TOKEN
db2set DB2_GRP_LOOKUP=DOMAIN,TOKENDOMAIN