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Convert a SID to String with Java
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>SIDConvertToString</groupId>
<artifactId>SIDConvertToString</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
<artifactId>jna</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
<artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
public class SIDConverter {
public static String convertSidToStringSid(byte[] sid) {
int offset, size;
// sid[0] is the Revision, we allow only version 1, because it's the
// only that exists right now.
if (sid[0] != 1)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("SID revision must be 1");
StringBuilder stringSidBuilder = new StringBuilder("S-1-");
// The next byte specifies the numbers of sub authorities (number of
// dashes minus two)
int subAuthorityCount = sid[1] & 0xFF;
// IdentifierAuthority (6 bytes starting from the second) (big endian)
long identifierAuthority = 0;
offset = 2;
size = 6;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
identifierAuthority |= (long) (sid[offset + i] & 0xFF) << (8 * (size - 1 - i));
// The & 0xFF is necessary because byte is signed in Java
}
if (identifierAuthority < Math.pow(2, 32)) {
stringSidBuilder.append(Long.toString(identifierAuthority));
} else {
stringSidBuilder.append("0x").append(
Long.toHexString(identifierAuthority).toUpperCase());
}
// Iterate all the SubAuthority (little-endian)
offset = 8;
size = 4; // 32-bits (4 bytes) for each SubAuthority
for (int i = 0; i < subAuthorityCount; i++, offset += size) {
long subAuthority = 0;
for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
subAuthority |= (long) (sid[offset + j] & 0xFF) << (8 * j);
// The & 0xFF is necessary because byte is signed in Java
}
stringSidBuilder.append("-").append(subAuthority);
}
return stringSidBuilder.toString();
}
}
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import org.junit.Assume;
import org.junit.Test;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Advapi32Util;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Advapi32Util.Account;
import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinNT.PSID;
public class TestSIDConverter {
private static final String accountNameTest = "[email protected]";
private static void generateCombinations(byte[] sid, int offset) throws Exception {
String convertedSid, convertedSid2;
if (offset >= sid.length) {
convertedSid = Advapi32Util.convertSidToStringSid(new PSID(sid));
convertedSid2 = SIDConverter.convertSidToStringSid(sid);
if (!convertedSid.equals(convertedSid2)) {
throw new Exception("Conversion Error: "
+ convertedSid2 + " instead of " + convertedSid);
}
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i += 255/3) {
sid[offset] = (byte)(i & 0xFF);
generateCombinations(sid, offset+1);
}
}
@Test
public void testAccount() {
Assume.assumeNotNull(accountNameTest);
Account account = Advapi32Util.getAccountByName(accountNameTest);
assertEquals(account.sidString, SIDConverter.convertSidToStringSid(account.sid));
}
@Test
public void testCombinations() throws Exception {
byte[] sidTemplate = new byte[28];
sidTemplate[0] = 1;
generateCombinations(sidTemplate, 1);
}
}
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Greate.

This can work in .net core in linux version to convert objectSid to string value.

Thanks:)

@miromannino
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The License is: Do Whatever You Want With It 2.0
aka I don't care, I hope it helps you!

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