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Verify Who Moved Folders on the Server
Someone moved folders on our Windows 2003 Server. I found the folders, then in the browser window chose to display the Owner and Date Created info. The Owner column shows SERVERNAME\username and the Date Created column info seems to reflect the time the incident occurred.
I'd just like to verify my logic that the username is, in fact, the name of the person who must have moved the folder. The user denies having even been in the folders in question. Am I missing some alternative possible reason his name would be listed as the Owner?
I'd just like to verify my logic that the username is, in fact, the name of the person who must have moved the folder. The user denies having even been in the folders in question. Am I missing some alternative possible reason his name would be listed as the Owner?
davy999
Right click your folder, choose properties. Go to security tab and click advanced. Here you can set auditing and change permissions for your folder.
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Thanks for the input. It looks like it's time to set up some auditing. I'm still uncertain if it's possible for a person to be listed as the owner of a folder if they didn't actually create it. I'm not getting into a debate with this user. This is just for my own satisfaction.
if they dont create it, then you have to manually adjust ownership under the ownership tab of advanced folder properties :) a chore to say the least if you have a lot of folders
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I think we may be talking apples and oranges. I don't want to change the ownership rights. I just wanted verify that if the listed Owner is UserA, then there's no way anyone else other than UserA created that folder.
once again that falls down to foler auditing, a change of ownership can be auditied, but once again, this can be a massive task to set this on every folder when created.....