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by y2j

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Hi

I have a Windows 2000 DC SP4. Under the home folder I have a user name in hexadecimal string under the security tab. For eg Tom folder will have S-1-5-21-456......

How do I convert the string back to the original group/user using a script rather then doing it 1 by 1 as i have a few hundred folders.

Thanks

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by voldar

If I am not mistaken, the SID appears and stays like a serie of numbers only when a user_name/computer_name is no more available in the network. I don't know if it can be reversed to what was before.

by klausuhr

This string (SID = Security Identifier) represents a user account or group. If the account or group exists locally or in the domain, the SID will be resolved to the user account/group name, otherwise the (now orphaned) SID will be displayed.
You may confirm that the user account/group does no more exist by using the utility sid2user (by Evgenii B. Rudnyi, available on http://www.chem.msu.su/~rudnyi/NT/) which will resolve the SID to an account/group if any exists.
Teherfore you will not be able to convert the SID back to a user/group.

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