3. File System Management Tasks - Powershell

3.99 Changing File and Folder Ownership

To set the owner of a folder, you can use the SetOwner method. For example, if you want to make ENTERPRISE\J.Carter the owner of the “Sales” folder, you can run the following commands:

# Get the current ACL (Access Control List) for the folder
$acl = Get-Acl \\fs1\shared\sales

# Convert the user account name into a SID using the Ntaccount class
$object = New-Object System.Security.Principal.Ntaccount("ENTERPRISE\J.Carter")

# Set the specified user as the owner of the folder
$acl.SetOwner($object)

# Apply the updated ACL to the folder
$acl | Set-Acl \\fs1\shared\sales

Important Notes

  • The Ntaccount class is used to convert the user account name from a string into a SID (Security Identifier).
  • The SetOwner method allows you to change the owner of a folder, but the account must have the following permissions:
    • Take Ownership
    • Read
    • Change Permissions

Without these rights, the operation will fail.