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:TempACL1 file is the current user:
PS> Get-Acl C:TempACL1 | Select-Object Owner
Owner
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COMPUTERChris
The owner may be changed (in this case, to the Administrator account) using the SetOwner method:
$acl = Get-Acl C:TempACL1
$acl.SetOwner([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]'Administrator')
Set-Acl C:TempACL1 -AclObject $acl
This is not taking ownership
Setting ownership when the current user already has full control is one thing. Very specific privileges are required to take ownership without existing permissions: SeRestorePrivilege, SeBackupPrivilege, and SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege.
Setting ownership when the current user already has full control is one thing. Very specific privileges are required to take ownership without existing permissions: SeRestorePrivilege, SeBackupPrivilege, and SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege.