> IIRC admins are treated differently when it comes to ownership
>
> if bob (a normal user) is the owner of a file, you will also find bob in
> the ownership info
> if alice (an administrator) is the owner of a file, the admins groups
> shows up in the ownership info.
>
> I don't think you can get to the name of the owner if it is an
> administrator (or was there a settings somewhere to control this?) - i am
> short of a test environment at the moment - so i can't verify.
>
> dominick
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a file system watcher on a remote machine. When people create
>> files/folders on the remote machine I need to see which user was
>> responsible. As there are a number of users who are admins often when
>> a file is created the following code shows BUILTIN\Administrators
>>
>> FileSecurity acl = File.GetAccessControl(e.FullPath);
>> NTAccount user = (NTAccount)acl.GetOwner(typeof(NTAccount));
>> string UserName = user.Value;
>> I know there is a way to get the Domain\USerName of the user but I
>> cant for the life of me remember. Anyone?
>>
>> - Paul C
>>
>
>

> Hi All,
>
> I have a file system watcher on a remote machine. When people create
> files/folders on the remote machine I need to see which user was
> responsible. As there are a number of users who are admins often when
> a file is created the following code shows BUILTIN\Administrators
>
> FileSecurity acl = File.GetAccessControl(e.FullPath);
> NTAccount user = (NTAccount)acl.GetOwner(typeof(NTAccount));
> string UserName = user.Value;
> I know there is a way to get the Domain\USerName of the user but I
> cant for the life of me remember. Anyone?
>
> - Paul C
>