Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

286 Part V: Security and Troubleshooting

Quiz Yourself

Q: What is an easy way to set namespace security on a WMI namespace?

A: An easy way to set namespace security on a WMI namespace is to use the GetSD

method of the __SystemSecurity class to retrieve the security descriptor of a namespace

that has the rights you want to duplicate. Then use the SetSD method of the

__SystemSecurity class to write the security descriptor to the namespace you wish to

secure.

Q: You are using the Win32_Share

class to generate a listing of shares that are on a

workstation that runs Windows XP. When you query the AccessMask property of the

Win32_Share class, it does not return any information. What could be the problem?

A: When you query the AccessMask property ...