Java UserPrincipal set by FileOwnerAttributeView
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.FileSystems; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.FileOwnerAttributeView; import java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal; import java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipalLookupService; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Path path = Paths.get("Main.java"); try {//ww w . j a v a 2 s. c o m UserPrincipalLookupService lookupService = FileSystems.getDefault().getUserPrincipalLookupService(); UserPrincipal userPrincipal = lookupService.lookupPrincipalByName("users"); FileOwnerAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(path, FileOwnerAttributeView.class); view.setOwner(userPrincipal); System.out.println("UserPrincipal set: " + userPrincipal.getName()); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }