+1  A: 

Are you looking for something like this?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446639(VS.85).aspx

Mugunth Kumar
+2  A: 

Could you please check

The Windows Access Control Model Part 1

The Windows Access Control Model: Part 2

Also, take a look here Windows Access Control

RP
A: 

There's no handy C++ API, at least not in MFC. The CFile model supports any kind of file system: NTFS, but also FAT and CDFS (for CD-ROMs). Hence it generalized a lot. NTFS-specific features such as ACL, ADS etcetera are not supported. You'll still need to use the raw Win32 API for that.

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