take ownership of a file/folder using a script

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Hello,

Does anyone know how to take ownership of a file using a script?
Or any tools that a script/program could invoke to do this?

Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the info. I havr already tried using xcacls and cacls but I get
"Access is denied". Maybe i'm doing something wrong?

More info follows:
I have some users on a machine, and I want to delete some of their profile
directories, e.g E:\Users\User1\profile

In explorer, if I try and view the folder, I get "Access denied". However I
can
take ownership via the security tab in explorer and get access that way. (When
I click the security tab, it says "you cannot view or edit permissions, but
you can
take ownership", and it seems to work ok.) However, I need to take ownership
via
script.

I've tried using the (X)CACLS commands such as (where sysadmin is the
adminstrator account):
CACLS E:\Users\User1\profile /P sysadmin F
XCACLS E:\Users\User1\profile /E /G sysadmin:F;O
XCACLS E:\Users\User1\profile /P sysadmin:F;O
XCACLS E:\Users\User1\profile /P sysadmin:;O

But each one just gives me the "access is denied" message.

Any thoughts about this?

thank you
David


"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> While it doesn't appear to confer "ownership", CACLS can be used to assign Full Control to files and folders. Open a Command Prompt window and enter CACLS /?
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> "D" <D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11468782-4793-4FDF-ACBE-5DFC39AD9D47@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to take ownership of a file using a script?
> > Or any tools that a script/program could invoke to do this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Hello,

Thanks everyone for your help.
The tool SubInACL worked fantastically.
Thanks!

Regards,
David

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> D wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to take ownership of a file using a script?
> > Or any tools that a script/program could invoke to do this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> Hi
>
> SubInACL looks like is able to do this:
>
> subinacl /noverbose /file \\server\share\dir /setowner=whoever
> subinacl /noverbose /subdirectories \\server\share\dir\* /setowner=whoever
>
> New bug fixed version of SubInACL is available for download...
> (Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] 6985e3927b
>
>
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> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] fault.mspx
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