Article ID: 170834
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170834
SYMPTOMS
Taking ownership of a file or folder remotely does not log a security event the same way as taking ownership locally.
If, when taking ownership locally, the only audit policy enabled is "Use of User Rights," several "Privilege Use" events are logged. When taking ownership remotely over the network (through another Windows NT-based workstation or server or a Macintosh client connecting through Services for Macintosh), no events are generated in the security log.
CAUSE
When you take ownership of an object, there are two ways to get access to take ownership:
- Use the "Take Ownership of files or other objects" User Right.
-or-
- Have WRITE_OWNER access to the object. WRITE_OWNER is part of Full Control in the Access Control List (ACL) so, if you grant Full Control to a user through NTFS permissions, the user can take ownership locally or remotely.
Therefore, when you take ownership remotely, you are not using the "Take Ownership" user right so no "Use of User Right" event is generated.
RESOLUTION
To get an audit event when taking ownership remotely, you need to have the "File and Object Access" audit policy turned on. The events are logged but can be difficult to find because there are so many events (every time an object is selected, an event is generated). Here is a sample of the event generated when taking ownership remotely:
Event ID: 560
Source: Security
Category: Object Access
Description:
Object Open:
Object Server: Security
Object Type: File
Object Name: C:\users\jdoe
New Handle ID: 868
Operation ID: {0,94189}
Process ID: 4285605632
Primary User Name: SYSTEM
Primary Domain: SYSTEM
Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7)
Client User Name: jdoe
Client Domain: DOMAINX
Client Logon ID: (0x0,0x16A08)
Accesses WRITE_OWNER
ReadAttributes
Privileges -
MORE INFORMATION
When you take ownership locally and "Use of User Rights" is enabled, four Event 578s are logged and the last Event 578 gives the detail about the actual ownership transaction, as is shown in the following example:
Event ID: 578
Source: Security
Category: Privilege Use
Description:
Privileged object operation:
Object Server: Security
Object Handle: 232
Process ID: 4289438976
Primary User Name: jdoe
Primary Domain: DOMAINX
Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0xDC4)
Client User Name: jdoe
Client Domain: DOMAINX
Client Logon ID: (0x0,0xDC4)
Privileges: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege
STATUS
This audit process is by design.
Additional query words: owner permission remote sfm macfile ntw nts
Keywords: kbnetwork KB170834
