SID

SID

  • Get SID of users on the system using WMI

# wmic.exe
wmic useraccount get name,sid

# Powershell
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserAccount | Select-Object -Property Name,SID | Format-Table

RID

  • Relative ID.

  • Assigned to new users.

  • Represent the user accross the system.

  • It is the last bit of SID

  • Default RIDs

    • Administrator: 500

    • Normal Users: >1000

  • When a users logs in, LSASS process gets it RID from the SAM Registry hive and creates an access token associated with that RID.

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