Re: Folder creator owner

Thanks Roger,

Question: Is there a way to define a default owner of folders and files in
Windows 2000 ? Does Windows Server 2003 manage this the same way ?

Our compagny has to be SOX compliance and this situation is causing us
trouble.

Thanks for the help !

Antoine

"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:

> one must take away owner status to fully control NTFS permissions
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server : Security)
>
> "Antoine Auger-Giroux" <AntoineAugerGiroux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> in message news:A95C7E4A-1425-4ED2-BA01-315E61FD9389@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have a windows 2000 file server
> >
> > We recently discover that a Folder Creator Owner could change the folder
> > permission right. So all our security settings could be over pass by a
> > owner
> > who set it's own permission.
> >
> > question: Is there a way to prevent a Owner of a folder or a file to
> > change
> > the permissions of it ? So, still be the owner, but wihtout the
> > permissions
> > to change the security settings.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Antoine Auger-Giroux
>
>
>
.

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