[bobshurt]

I have a small home network with a Netgear wireless router. A flat-panel iMac running 10.3.5 has an external FW harddrive. I can mount this hd on my 667 mhz Powerbook, also running 10.3.5. However, when I try to copy files from the PB to the FW harddrive, I get a message saying that "the item cannot be moved because <the hd> cannot be modified".

I assumed that this was a permissions problem, so I went to the iMac and altered the FW disk's permissions in the Get Info window to give the PB read/write access. Unfortunately, the problem remains. Anybody have any ideas? I was hoping to set up a Master backup strategy for this network and my office network utilizing external FW drives, and I'm stumped.

- Bob

[Freeflyer]

I'm pretty sure this is a permissions problem. I have a similar setup, with an external firewire drive on my old sawtooth server, and two powerbooks. I mount and copy back and forth regularly.

You say you've made the drive read/write from the imac, but does your user account have the same read/write access? Hopefully someone will come up with the details for you, but it can definitely be done.

J.

[Mithras]

Also try checking the 'Ignore Permission on this Volume' box in Get Info.