It might be added, at XP and later, default behavior for the
owner on create is controlled by a group policy setting.
--
Roger
"Zunquan Wang [MSFT]" wrote in message
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> Some addition info. There is some difference on XP and Win2k3.
>
> if userX joined local administrators group if userX did
> not join local administrators group
> Win2k3 owner is Administrators userX is
> the owner
> XP userX is the owner
> userX
> is the owner
>
> General modification, such as changing content of the file, will not
> change
> the ownership of a file, unless you specifically change the ownership.
> Zunquan Wang [MSFT]
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> "Steven L Umbach" wrote in message
> news:EDybd.248757$D%.197905@attbi_s51...
>> When the operating system is installed, administrators are the owner of
> all
>> files on the installation. After that the owner is the user that created
> the
>> file. That can be as a result of a user creating a brand new file OR
>> modifying an existing file. Many file modifications are treated as a
>> write
>> of the new version and delete of the original version of the file. ---
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:05d701c4b20d$81649c70$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> > What exactly determines file ownership? is it when the
>> > file is opened? modified? is there any documentation on
>> > exactly how file ownership is determined?
>> >
>> > thanks!
>> >
>> > Rich
>>
>>
>
>