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Who has access to my external drive?

I had a problem saving to my external drive, [even though I am the only user therefore have admins/system access]. I was able to write to the drive by adding myself so that I can access it. But I noticed that something/someone called "wheel" has read/write access to 2 of my ext drives. I have no idea what this means or who "wheel" is. Anyone have any ideas? Should I be worried?

Posted on Feb 6, 2021 3:49 PM

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Posted on Feb 6, 2021 4:29 PM

Wheel is an internal system identity, this is perfectly normal. Looking at the sharing permissions you have it exactly right.

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