Reversal of changing owner of a folder.
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From: PaulB108 on 11 Feb 2010 22:17 Good afternoon, In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I earlier right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would like to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being but it will not let me. I get a message box saying: "Unable to set new owner on ___ This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object". I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?
From: Saucy on 11 Feb 2010 23:17 Log as the Administrator and take possession then. "PaulB108" <PaulB108(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE9DCA82-F08E-4E51-9985-D267AF4E7F4B(a)microsoft.com... > Good afternoon, > > In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I > earlier > right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security > tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would > like > to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being > but > it will not let me. I get a message box saying: > "Unable to set new owner on ___ > This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object". > > I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?
From: sgopus on 11 Feb 2010 23:23 are you logged on as admin while your trying to take it back? "PaulB108" wrote: > Good afternoon, > > In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I earlier > right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security > tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would like > to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being but > it will not let me. I get a message box saying: > "Unable to set new owner on ___ > This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object". > > I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?
From: PaulB108 on 11 Feb 2010 23:32 I do not believe so-so good point! However I was not logged in as admin when I made the original change either... "sgopus" wrote: > are you logged on as admin while your trying to take it back? > > "PaulB108" wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > > > In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I earlier > > right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security > > tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would like > > to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being but > > it will not let me. I get a message box saying: > > "Unable to set new owner on ___ > > This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object". > > > > I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?
From: PaulB108 on 12 Feb 2010 00:06
But how is it then that I was able to change the owner in the first place without being logged on as an administrator? "Saucy" wrote: > Log as the Administrator and take possession then. > > "PaulB108" <PaulB108(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:FE9DCA82-F08E-4E51-9985-D267AF4E7F4B(a)microsoft.com... > > Good afternoon, > > > > In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I > > earlier > > right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security > > tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would > > like > > to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being > > but > > it will not let me. I get a message box saying: > > "Unable to set new owner on ___ > > This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object". > > > > I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help? > > . > |