# Author:: Adam Edwards () # # Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2013-14 Chef Software, Inc. # # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0 # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. require "ohai/util/win32" module Ohai module Util class Win32::GroupHelper # Per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330 SID: S-1-5-32-544 is the # internal name for the Administrators group, which lets us work # properly in environments with a renamed or localized name for the # Administrators group BUILTIN_ADMINISTRATORS_SID = "S-1-5-32-544" def self.windows_root_group_name administrators_group_name_result = nil administrators_sid_result = FFI::MemoryPointer.new(:pointer) convert_result = Win32.convert_string_sid_to_sid(BUILTIN_ADMINISTRATORS_SID, administrators_sid_result) last_win32_error = Win32.get_last_error if convert_result == 0 raise "ERROR: failed to to convert sid string '#{BUILTIN_ADMINISTRATORS_SID}' to a Windows SID structure because Win32 API function ConvertStringSidToSid returned #{last_win32_error}." end administrators_group_name_buffer = 0.chr * 260 administrators_group_name_length = [administrators_group_name_buffer.length].pack("L") domain_name_length_buffer = [260].pack("L") sid_use_result = 0.chr * 4 # Use LookupAccountSid rather than WMI's Win32_Group class because WMI will attempt # to include (unneeded) Active Directory groups by querying AD, which is a performance # and reliability issue since AD might not be reachable. Additionally, in domains with # thousands of groups, the WMI query is very slow, on the order of minutes, even to # get the first result. So we use LookupAccountSid which is a purely local lookup # of the built-in group, with no need to access AD, and thus no failure modes related # to network conditions or query performance. lookup_boolean_result = Win32.lookup_account_sid( nil, administrators_sid_result.read_pointer, administrators_group_name_buffer, administrators_group_name_length, nil, domain_name_length_buffer, sid_use_result) last_win32_error = Win32.get_last_error Win32.local_free(administrators_sid_result.read_pointer) if lookup_boolean_result == 0 raise "ERROR: failed to find root group (i.e. builtin\\administrators) for sid #{BUILTIN_ADMINISTRATORS_SID} because Win32 API function LookupAccountSid returned #{last_win32_error}." end administrators_group_name_buffer.strip end end end end