I could be way off-base here, but my understanding is that the Creator is the person/account who created the file/directory in question. The Creator is the Owner, by default. However, administrators can take over ownership of the objects.
John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Who is "CREATOR OWNER"? I've had some exposure/experience with Unix and linux, so this is very puzzling to me... Why is it that, for file/folder permissions in my XP Pro systems, there is this critter, "CREATOR OWNER", who has no permissions? From what I've read at TechNet, "C/O" has full permissions for a number of folders, including "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" (the complete sub-path for each of them) as well as some others. Anyway, could someone please explain to me Microsoft's conception of "owner"? Either this is something completely different from "owner" in x-nix systems, or all permissions are unchecked because "C/O" already has full permsissions and so the boxes need not be checked. (If this is the case, then, why are they checked for Administrators?) Thanks! -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
