What does 'Owners enabled mean, in disk utility

[clacknut]

Was using Disk utility and noticed something that says "Owners Enabled = NO"

what does it mean. ?

and can it be enabled if it is a good thing..??

regards
Sandy

 

[Grannyville7989]

It regards file permissions on the drive that you're focused on in Disk Utility. From what I can see, this is an external drive. In most cases, it is not desirable to have ownership enabled on an external drive. If enabled on a multi-user system, file access restrictions are enforced based on the current user.

 

[clacknut]

thanks for the info. appreciate the help.

(apple need to put a lot more info on their help menu)

regards, Sandy