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siva
siva

Reputation: 43

using File.Move to copy file from source folder to destination folder changes my file owner

I am moving files from source folder to destination folder using File.Move, when files got moved to destination folder file owner name is getting changed to Administrator instead of original user I tried below code but unable to set file owner in destination folder. My application is a windows service

My Code: 

Dim fOwner = File.GetAccessControl(srcFolder + "\" + srcFileName).GetOwner(GetType(System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier))

After Moving file I am setting it to original owner

File.GetAccessControl(destFolder + "\" + destFileName).SetOwner(fOwner)

but it still shows owner as administrator. Tried lot of examples but no luck.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 247

Answers (1)

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 547

I believe you need to also call SetAccessControl to apply the owner change. Try something like this:

Dim fs as FileSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(Path.Combine(destFolder, destFileName))
fs.SetOwner(fOwner)
File.SetAccessControl(Path.Combine(destFolder, destFileName),fs)

Upvotes: 1

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