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Managing the NetWare Services File System
Making the File System Secure and Accessible
Changing the Owner of a Directory or File
You can change the owner of a directory or file using NetWare
Administrator or FILER. Both procedures are described in this section.
Changing the Owner Using NetWare Administrator
Prerequisites
• A 386 or later workstation and NetWare Administrator
• The Modify right to the file or directory whose attributes you want to change the
owner
Procedure
1 From the Windows Program Manager, click on the “NetWare Administrator”
icon.
2 Using the browser, select a directory or file for which you want to change the
owner.
For information on moving around in the browser and selecting objects, choose
“Help” from the menu bar.
3 From the “Object” menu, choose “Details.”
4 From the “Identification” page, choose “Facts.”
5 To change the owner of this file or directory, click on the browser button to the
right of the “Owner” field.
6 Choose the object that you want to make the new owner of this directory or file.
7 When the correct user is displayed in the “Object Name” field, choose “OK.”
The new owner appears in the “Owner” field of the “Object” dialog box.
8 To save changes, choose “OK.”
For more information about Refer to
File and directory attributes “Directory and File Attributes” in this
chapter
“Attributes” in Concepts
Using FILER
“FILER” in Utilities Reference