Unexpected Permissions and Roles for a Member

Question

I'm using the intranet workflow to manage a site and I've created folders that are "internally published". One of our users has the owner role even though they are a member.

When I visit {mysite}/myfolder/the_item/manage_reportUserPermissions?user={USERID} their roles in the context of a private object are reported as:

Authenticated
Member
*Owner*
Reader

The Owner role is concerning here and I need guidance on how to troubleshoot this issue, I'm not sure why this users is inheriting or acquiring this role.

Other users with the Member role are fine, meaning they have the the following roles in the same context mentioned above:

Authenticated
Member
Reader

Answer 1

Assumingly from what you describe, the user has created the item.

As default behaviour creators are set to be the owner of an item.

If the assumption is right, you have nothing to worry about.