Drive permissions

dazzjazz · Post by **dazzjazz** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:04 am

Hi,

I have a USB drive that is generally connected to my PC (yuk). I can read/write etc over my wireless network no problem. However, I needed to quickly transfer some large DP projects so I connected the drive to my MacBook Pro, only to be denied access. I think the message I got when dragging files was "you don't have permission" or thereabouts.

I looked at the drive info and it said "read only" and couldn't find a way to change it. Once I reconnected it to my PC I checked the permissions and it is set to full access.

What have I missed here?

Thanks

Darren

jarok · Post by **jarok** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:30 am

Hi

I would make my Backups only with the OSX formatted drive.

Here is some Disk Permissions info:
How to View and Change Permissions in the Finder's Info Window:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712

Privileges and Mac OS :
http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/macosxprivileges.html

jarok

midifool · Post by **midifool** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:05 am

I've had lots of 'permissions' problems since switching to Leopard! I'm kinda handy in UNIX, so I've been correcting ownerships and permissions and groups non-stop! I did not have any such problems in Tiger! Leopard is buggy!

sdemott · Post by **sdemott** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:47 am

when you mount the drive do a "get info" & in the permissions tab select the "ignore permissions..." option.

You now have a drive that is just a general transfer tool, and not one for protecting the user/permission structure of the documents.

dazzjazz · Post by **dazzjazz** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:43 pm

thanks will try that

darren