What does "Owners Enabled" mean in Disk Utility

Hi -
Not an emergency - I'm not having any issues at this time - but a matter of curiosity.
I have 5 Firewire drives hooked into my G5 and only the main HD and the Time Machine drive say "Yes" next to "Owners Enabled" in Disk Util. The other externals indicate "No". What does Owners Enabled mean. should I endeavor to make them all to say Yes?
Thanks,
j2

Hello Josh2000,
Check out this older thread for more help and information. It should be able to answer your questions. Basically it has to do with permissions and whether or not they are enabled on a particular volume or not.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11216732&#11216732
B-rock

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