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External drive permissions problem
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kman42
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Mar 13, 2005, 12:59 PM
 
I just installed an external drive to serve as a convenient backup device. I put two folders on it, one for myself and one for my wife. For some reason I can't get permissions to stick on the folders. I set my folder to be owned by me and I put group and others to have no access. I also turned off 'Ignore permissions' for the new drive. When my wife logs in, she appears as the owner of my folder.

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Mar 13, 2005, 05:15 PM
 
Is it formatted HFS+?

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Mar 13, 2005, 05:20 PM
 
Did you unmount the drive and remount it after you turned "Ignore permissions" off?

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Mar 13, 2005, 08:15 PM
 
Originally posted by CharlesS:
Did you unmount the drive and remount it after you turned "Ignore permissions" off?
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Mar 13, 2005, 08:34 PM
 
Originally posted by kman42:
I just installed an external drive to serve as a convenient backup device. I put two folders on it, one for myself and one for my wife. For some reason I can't get permissions to stick on the folders. I set my folder to be owned by me and I put group and others to have no access. I also turned off 'Ignore permissions' for the new drive. When my wife logs in, she appears as the owner of my folder.

Any ideas?

kman

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