the creator owner group??

Pulock2010 · 15 Jan 2010

wat kind of special permissions does the creator owner group has???how to log in using an account which is the member of the creator owner group???

surfasb · 15 Jan 2010

They are placeholder security accounts. You can't actually log in to them.

Tepid · 15 Jan 2010

Additional Info.....

You are a member of the Creator Owner Group.
Every time you create a file or folder, you are the Creator Owner of that file or folder till someone or something physically takes ownership of it.

richc46 · 15 Jan 2010

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Very good question, I hope that I can give a good answer. I think you read this

you will see that it is very easy to take ownership

How to Take Ownership and Full Control Permissions of Files and Folders in Vista Tip and Trick

surfasb · 15 Jan 2010

richc46 said:

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Very good question, I hope that I can give a good answer. I think you read this

you will see that it is very easy to take ownership

How to Take Ownership and Full Control Permissions of Files and Folders in Vista Tip and Trick

It has no revalence with taking ownership. It's a placeholder. Like if the Creator Owner group has only read permissions, then users create place items in it only get read permissions.

It's to provide flexibility for Domain admins.

Tepid · 15 Jan 2010

Well,, be careful of what you take ownership of.
You do not want to just go off an take ownership of files at will.

Most specifically and I quote

The person who created the file or directory is a member of this group. This group is used by Windows NT to automatically grant access permissions to the creator of a file or directory.

Source and more Information

WindowsStar · 15 Jan 2010

Tepid said:

Well,, be careful of what you take ownership of.
You do not want to just go off an take ownership of files at will.

Most specifically and I quote

The person who created the file or directory is a member of this group. This group is used by Windows NT to automatically grant access permissions to the creator of a file or directory.

Source and more Information

I completely agree. You don't want to take ownership just to do it. You need to do it ONLY when there is an absolute need. I have seen many people destroy their computer doing this without taking in consideration the consequences of taking ownership away from an account that needs it. These permissions were put in place by Microsoft for a reason (with many years of study). Most of the permissions are there to protect the machine so it will run safely and efficiently and so the end-user can’t break it. – I added some REP.