Re: acl.GetOwner(typeof(NTAccount))

IIRC admins are treated differently when it comes to ownership

if bob (a normal user) is the owner of a file, you will also find bob in the ownership info
if alice (an administrator) is the owner of a file, the admins groups shows up in the ownership info.

I don't think you can get to the name of the owner if it is an administrator (or was there a settings somewhere to control this?) - i am short of a test environment at the moment - so i can't verify.

dominick


Hi All,

I have a file system watcher on a remote machine. When people create
files/folders on the remote machine I need to see which user was
responsible. As there are a number of users who are admins often when
a file is created the following code shows BUILTIN\Administrators

FileSecurity acl = File.GetAccessControl(e.FullPath);
NTAccount user = (NTAccount)acl.GetOwner(typeof(NTAccount));
string UserName = user.Value;
I know there is a way to get the Domain\USerName of the user but I
cant for the life of me remember. Anyone?

- Paul C



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