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Asked: 2026-05-15T06:21:38+00:00

I found this structure called OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE in one of the nt dll functions..I was

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I found this structure called OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE in one of the nt dll functions..I was curious to know about that structure and I went through its documentation(msdn)…In the OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE structure there is a parameter called PUNICODE_STRING objectName…As per the msdn documentation..it says that the objectName “the name of the object for which a handle is to be opened” which is actually a name or some root directory,am confused with this.Can anybody explain this term “name of the object”(root directory).what it represents.

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    This structure is used by device drivers and other kernel mode code to specify attributes of file objects. When you open a file with the NtOpenFile or IoCreateFile functions, you have to pass an OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES with the name of the file.

    The ObjectName member of the structure is simply a pointer to an UNICODE_STRING structure containing the file or directory name.

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