Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

owner

Synopsis

The user who controls how permissions are set on an object.

Description

Ownership is an aspect of permissions in Windows 2000. Every file or folder created on an NTFS volume has an owner. When a user creates a file, the user becomes the owner of that file and can set permissions on it to allow others access to the file. And when a user installs a printer, the user becomes the owner of the printer. Objects in Active Directory also have owners and can be assigned permissions as well.

Ownership cannot be given; it can only be taken. In order to assume ownership of a file or other object, a user needs Take Ownership permission. If the owner grants this permission on a file to another user, that user can then take ownership of the first user’s file. Administrators, however, have the power to take ownership of any object that they can manage (anything except system objects essentially). For procedures on how to take ownership of an object, see ownership.

See Also

ownership, permissions