C# - How do I get the "Everybody" user?

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I already wrote a code which can create a share and change permissions for the current user. The goal was to always allow all for everybody on share level and deny rights on ntfs acl level.

I use a german windows and I noticed that I only can access the everybody user by using "jeder". In english it would be the user "everybody" or "all" I think?! Anyway I'm searching for a way to get the name of the everybody user language independent.

Hope this is possible.

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '11 at 08:15

The name that the English version of Windows uses is "Everyone".

You can get the user regardless of language by using the WellKnownSidType.WorldSid value:

var sid = new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.WorldSid, null);
var account = (NTAccount) sid.Translate(typeof(NTAccount));

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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I believe the way to do it has been answered here: How can I get the local group name for guests/administrators ?

This "everyone" SID is a well known SID "S-1-1-0" (the list is availalble here: Well-known security identifiers in Windows operating systems).

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