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Eisenbart · 06-02-2009, 06:00 AM

Hallo everyone!

I am running a network on two computers using Windows XP and basically everything works fine. In order to be able to access my backup data on computer B from computer A, I created a limited user account with identical user names and passwords on both machines.

I set the permissions in such a way that I can theoretically take ownership of files on computer B from computer A, but when I try to do so, I get the following error message:

"This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object."

What can I do about it? I can take ownership on the remote computer when I am logged in as administrator, but from my limited user account, it only works if I log in locally on computer B. Does it have to do with the SID of my limited user account not being identical on both machines?

Best regards,

Matthias

06-02-2009, 06:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Eisenbart Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 20 OS: Windows XP	Taking ownership of files on remote computer Hallo everyone! I am running a network on two computers using Windows XP and basically everything works fine. In order to be able to access my backup data on computer B from computer A, I created a limited user account with identical user names and passwords on both machines. I set the permissions in such a way that I can theoretically take ownership of files on computer B from computer A, but when I try to do so, I get the following error message: "This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object." What can I do about it? I can take ownership on the remote computer when I am logged in as administrator, but from my limited user account, it only works if I log in locally on computer B. Does it have to do with the SID of my limited user account not being identical on both machines? Best regards, Matthias