Steve Ellis wrote:
> Windows uses something called, I believe, a GUID (globally unique
> identifier) for
It's called a SID (Security IDentifier IIRC). GUIDs are used in Windows,
but for identifying other objects (such as OLE/activex components).
SIDs look something like this:
S-1-514-23123-1238238923
(or something similar)
GUIDs look more like this:
{2ab1193fe-219341f9-29238abecf29c18}
I made up the position and number of hyphens, so they're likely a bit off.
> users--one property of a user is the username, however, access rights are
> controlled on a GUID basis. The 'standard' users (among them
> Administrator), I believe always wind up with the same GUID.
There are 'Well-known SIDs', including Local Administrator, Local
Administrators group, 'Everyone' etc. These always have the same value.
There are also well-known SIDs for domain users, although these include
a domain-specific component.
http://setacl.sf.net/ is a site holding a tool for manipulating Windows
ACLs, and also has some information on SIDs etc.
> When logged
> in as Administrator, try to change ownership to administrator, then you
> should be able to grant full control to another user (and have him claim
> ownership of the files, if necessary).
Yep, for someone who says you're not a Windows person, you know an
alarming amount about the OS :)
A similar situation can arise when moving an NTFS-formatted hard drive
from one machine to another (or one installation to another, to be
precise). Sometimes you will find that the partition's ACLs are set for
the old install's SIDs, and you don't have permission to do anything.
Changing the ownership of the filesystem fixes that one :)
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