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Who Created a File
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MichaelRed
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More like non-info. Wheather the file has a property of "created by" appears to depend on the app. Wheather the info is correct appears to be a function of how it arrived at the location where you investigate the porperty -and various other attritbutes/properties/.../...
Ther was a previous discussion on this in one of the VB or Ms Access (I THINK) forums within the previous six months. I do not recall enough detail to point to it specifically. I believe the word "Owner" or "Ownership" was used within the body of the duiscussion threads.
MichaelRed
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Ther was a previous discussion on this in one of the VB or Ms Access (I THINK) forums within the previous six months. I do not recall enough detail to point to it specifically. I believe the word "Owner" or "Ownership" was used within the body of the duiscussion threads.
MichaelRed
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There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over
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Michael,
Thanks for your response on this! Actually, every file (at least in the NTFS world) has an Owner property and for what I am looking for, the Owner property will suffice. In my hunting around, I found the following APIs on an MSDN article labeled "Finding the Owner of a File Object" -
These APIs allow you to retrieve the SID for the owner of a file whose handle is passed into the API. Once you have the SID, you can use the LookupAccountSis API to get more information.
As I said, I just found these APIs and have not had any real chance to play with them yet, but I think that these might provide the data that I need. If you've used them before or if you have any insight into these, I'd love to hear it. Thanks again!
- Jeff Marler B-)
Thanks for your response on this! Actually, every file (at least in the NTFS world) has an Owner property and for what I am looking for, the Owner property will suffice. In my hunting around, I found the following APIs on an MSDN article labeled "Finding the Owner of a File Object" -
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GetSecurityInfo
LookupAccountSidThese APIs allow you to retrieve the SID for the owner of a file whose handle is passed into the API. Once you have the SID, you can use the LookupAccountSis API to get more information.
As I said, I just found these APIs and have not had any real chance to play with them yet, but I think that these might provide the data that I need. If you've used them before or if you have any insight into these, I'd love to hear it. Thanks again!
- Jeff Marler B-)
MichaelRed
Programmer
jmarler,
You're TOO YOUNG (and I'm to **&*(@^$)*JNOQW*&! OLD) to be up this late!!!! Go to BED/SLEEP and look at it in the morning!!!
MichaelRed
mred@att.net
There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over
You're TOO YOUNG (and I'm to **&*(@^$)*JNOQW*&! OLD) to be up this late!!!! Go to BED/SLEEP and look at it in the morning!!!
MichaelRed
mred@att.net
There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over
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