Find the Owner of a folder

[SimeonD]

Hi
Is there a way I can fnd the Owner of a folder, using vb.net? I know how to
find the permissions, but I can't figure how to find the owner.
Thanks
SimeonD

[Armin Zingler]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

"SimeonD" <simeond@nospam .nospamschrieb

Hi
Is there a way I can fnd the Owner of a folder, using vb.net? I know
how to find the permissions, but I can't figure how to find the
owner.
Thanks
SimeonD

1. Create a DirectoryInfo object
2. Call it's GetAccessContro l method. It returns a DirectorySecuri ty
object.
3. Call the GetOwner method of the returned object. Something like this:

Dim sidType As Type =
GetType(System. Security.Princi pal.SecurityIde ntifier)
Dim owner As System.Security .Principal.Secu rityIdentifier

owner = DirectCast(DS.G etOwner(sidType ),
Security.Princi pal.SecurityIde ntifier)

(DS is the DirectorySecuri ty object)

4. Owner is the owner. :)


AZ

[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

RE: Find the Owner of a folder

Thanks AZ for your reply!

Hi Simeon,

As AZ has suggested, we can get the DirectorySecuri ty object by calling
DirectoryInfo.G etAccessControl method first and then get the owner by
calling the DirectorySecuri ty.GetOwner method passing NTAccount as the
parameter.

The following is a sample:

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security .AccessControl
Imports System.Security .Principal

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(" directoryname")
Dim ds As DirectorySecuri ty = di.GetAccessCon trol()
Dim owner As NTAccount = CType(ds.GetOwn er(GetType(NTAc count)),
NTAccount)
End Sub

Hope this helps.
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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[kimiraikkonen]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

On May 12, 8:04 am, v-l...@online.mic rosoft.com (Linda Liu[MSFT])
wrote:

Thanks AZ for your reply!
>
Hi Simeon,
>
As AZ has suggested, we can get the DirectorySecuri ty object by calling
DirectoryInfo.G etAccessControl method first and then get the owner by
calling the DirectorySecuri ty.GetOwner method passing NTAccount as the
parameter.
>
The following is a sample:
>
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security .AccessControl
Imports System.Security .Principal
>
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(" directoryname")
Dim ds As DirectorySecuri ty = di.GetAccessCon trol()
Dim owner As NTAccount = CType(ds.GetOwn er(GetType(NTAc count)),
NTAccount)
End Sub
>
Hope this helps.
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hi,
To make syntax shorter, "my" namespace can also be used:
Dim owner As NTAccount = _ My.Computer.Fil eSystem.GetDire ctoryInfo("c:
\resized").GetA ccessControl.Ge tOwner(GetType( NTAccount))

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

[Armin Zingler]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

"kimiraikko nen" <kimiraikkonen8 5@gmail.comschr ieb
Hi,
To make syntax shorter, "my" namespace can also be used:
Dim owner As NTAccount = _ My.Computer.Fil eSystem.GetDire ctoryInfo("c:
\resized").GetA ccessControl.Ge tOwner(GetType( NTAccount))

==========

I think Linda Liu's example is exactly the same, but just split into
some lines to make the steps easier to understand.

The My namespaces is not required at all. At least in this case it's not
the direct way. The call is delegated to
Microsoft.Visua lBasic.FileIO.F ileSystem.GetDi rectoryInfo which again
creates a Sytem.IO.Direct oryInfo object. So, I'd directly do the latter
and get rid of the superfluous My-garbage.


Armin

[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

RE: Find the Owner of a folder

Hi Simeon,

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[SimeonD]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

Issue resolved, thanks to AZ and Linda.



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Hi Simeon,
>
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>
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>
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[=?Utf-8?B?Tmlja1I=?=]

RE: Find the Owner of a folder

I have a question - What I really need is to get the Owner as a string so I
can either display it in a label or write it to a textfile. But when I try
the "Cstr" function on the NTAccount data type, i get a popup telling me it
can't be converted.

Is there any way to get the owner of a folder written to a string?

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Simeon,
>
I am reviewing this post in the newsgroup and would like to know the status
of this issue.
>
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>
Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!
>
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Linda Liu
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>
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>
>

[kimiraikkonen]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

On May 20, 12:09 am, NickR <Ni...@discussi ons.microsoft.c omwrote:

I have a question - What I really need is to get the Owner as a string so I
can either display it in a label or write it to a textfile. But when I try
the "Cstr" function on the NTAccount data type, i get a popup telling me it
can't be converted.
>
Is there any way to get the owner of a folder written to a string?
>
"Linda Liu[MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Simeon,

>

I am reviewing this post in the newsgroup and would like to know the status
of this issue.

>

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

>

Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!

>

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

>

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>

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Just use "ToString" whenever you want to get owner as string:

Full edition:


Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security .AccessControl
Imports System.Security .Principal

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(" directory_path" )
Dim ds As DirectorySecuri ty = di.GetAccessCon trol()
Dim owner As NTAccount = CType(ds.GetOwn er(GetType(NTAc count)),
NTAccount)
' Show owner in messagebox as string
MsgBox(owner.To String)
' or show in label as string
label1.text = owner.ToString
End Sub
End Class


Thanks,

Onur Güzel

[=?Utf-8?B?Tmlja1I=?=]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

thanks, that function worked.
But, now i have another question if anyone cares to answer it.

I am running XP Pro (SP2) on my machine and our network is a Microsoft
Exchange Network.

Why is it that the owner for the folder using the code described above is
different than the one I get when I do a batch file using the dir command
with /q switch?

the dir /q command in DOS gives me the person who created it: DomainName\user

but he above code gives me BUILTIN\ADMINIS TRATORS

Any thoughts? Is more information?


"kimiraikko nen" wrote:

On May 20, 12:09 am, NickR <Ni...@discussi ons.microsoft.c omwrote:

I have a question - What I really need is to get the Owner as a string so I
can either display it in a label or write it to a textfile. But when I try
the "Cstr" function on the NTAccount data type, i get a popup telling me it
can't be converted.

Is there any way to get the owner of a folder written to a string?

"Linda Liu[MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Simeon,

I am reviewing this post in the newsgroup and would like to know the status
of this issue.

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
msd...@microsof t.com.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

>
Just use "ToString" whenever you want to get owner as string:
>
Full edition:
>
>
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security .AccessControl
Imports System.Security .Principal
>
Public Class Form1
>
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(" directory_path" )
Dim ds As DirectorySecuri ty = di.GetAccessCon trol()
Dim owner As NTAccount = CType(ds.GetOwn er(GetType(NTAc count)),
NTAccount)
' Show owner in messagebox as string
MsgBox(owner.To String)
' or show in label as string
label1.text = owner.ToString
End Sub
End Class
>
>
Thanks,
>
Onur Güzel
>

[=?Utf-8?B?Tmlja1I=?=]

Re: Find the Owner of a folder

Nevermind my last post. I figured out what was up.. I'm blind.

"NickR" wrote:

thanks, that function worked.
But, now i have another question if anyone cares to answer it.
>
I am running XP Pro (SP2) on my machine and our network is a Microsoft
Exchange Network.
>
Why is it that the owner for the folder using the code described above is
different than the one I get when I do a batch file using the dir command
with /q switch?
>
the dir /q command in DOS gives me the person who created it: DomainName\user
>
but he above code gives me BUILTIN\ADMINIS TRATORS
>
Any thoughts? Is more information?
>
>
"kimiraikko nen" wrote:
>

On May 20, 12:09 am, NickR <Ni...@discussi ons.microsoft.c omwrote:

I have a question - What I really need is to get the Owner as a string so I
can either display it in a label or write it to a textfile. But when I try
the "Cstr" function on the NTAccount data type, i get a popup telling me it
can't be converted.
>
Is there any way to get the owner of a folder written to a string?
>
"Linda Liu[MSFT]" wrote:
Hi Simeon,
>
I am reviewing this post in the newsgroup and would like to know the status
of this issue.
>
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>
Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!
>
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
>
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
msd...@microsof t.com.
>
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Just use "ToString" whenever you want to get owner as string:

Full edition:


Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security .AccessControl
Imports System.Security .Principal

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(" directory_path" )
Dim ds As DirectorySecuri ty = di.GetAccessCon trol()
Dim owner As NTAccount = CType(ds.GetOwn er(GetType(NTAc count)),
NTAccount)
' Show owner in messagebox as string
MsgBox(owner.To String)
' or show in label as string
label1.text = owner.ToString
End Sub
End Class


Thanks,

Onur Güzel