What is the point of a file/folder having an "Owner" if anybody with administrative rights can change the owner, thus allowing them to set permissions for other users/groups? Am I missing something?
I've been playing around with permissions to understand them fully, but that's one thing that I don't get.
I set a folder to only be accessible by my user account (Which is part of the administrators group). Then I went into that folder, and could still change the owner of the files, even though I denied "modify" control over that folder. Even when those "modify" permissions are denied to the whole folder, I can still change the permissions of each file inside of it, so that I can delete it (or change ownership of the files). What's the point?
ALSO, when I review the "Effective Access Permissions" for my user, for that file, it says "Change Ownership" and has an "X" next to it. But, I'm still able to change the ownership of that file. I don't get it. Can anybody shed some light on this? I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about OS's and IT in general (I have Net+, and A+), and some things concerning user permissions just straight out baffle me.
Thanks...
Me denied taking ownership of that file: http://snag.gy/8LYjd.jpg
Me still being able to **change ownership** of the file: http://snag.gy/ghrx0.jpg
I've been playing around with permissions to understand them fully, but that's one thing that I don't get.
I set a folder to only be accessible by my user account (Which is part of the administrators group). Then I went into that folder, and could still change the owner of the files, even though I denied "modify" control over that folder. Even when those "modify" permissions are denied to the whole folder, I can still change the permissions of each file inside of it, so that I can delete it (or change ownership of the files). What's the point?
ALSO, when I review the "Effective Access Permissions" for my user, for that file, it says "Change Ownership" and has an "X" next to it. But, I'm still able to change the ownership of that file. I don't get it. Can anybody shed some light on this? I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about OS's and IT in general (I have Net+, and A+), and some things concerning user permissions just straight out baffle me.
Thanks...
Me denied taking ownership of that file: http://snag.gy/8LYjd.jpg
Me still being able to **change ownership** of the file: http://snag.gy/ghrx0.jpg
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