Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Ownership

Ownership of a file or directory may be changed using the SetOwner method of the ACL object. Changing the ownership of a file requires administrative privileges.

The owner of the C:\Temp\ACL\1 file is the current user:

PS> Get-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\1 | Select-Object OwnerOwner ----- COMPUTER\Chris

The owner may be changed (in this case, to the Administrator account) using the SetOwner method:

$acl = Get-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\1$acl.SetOwner([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]'Administrator')Set-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\1 -AclObject $acl  

This is not taking ownershipSetting ownership when the current user already has full control is one thing. Very specific privileges are required to take ownership without existing permissions: SeRestorePrivilege, ...