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2nd Internal HD 'locked', cannot File Share

Hello all.

This is my office's PPC G5 (If I'm correct). Something went wrong and stuck at Grey Apple logo screen, so I Erase & Re-Install Leopard 10.5, it then started up well.

This Tower Mac *has also a 2nd internal hard disk*, we use it *mainly as a File Sharing Hard Disk*; Before this OS re-install, it was sharing just fine.

(I have to admit, prior to this re-install, I am not sure whether it was on Snow Leopard or Leopard)

Anyway, after the startup, *notice there is a 'small lock' on the 2nd HD icon*. When 'Get Info', right at the bottom of the screen, I cannot change the access privileges of the Owner, User and Everyone etc. Even when I checked the 'Share' box.

*Basically it cannot be File Share anymore.*

Same thing inside System Preferences > File Sharing, when I add this 2nd HD, on the right column there is NONE of the list of User (name), Everyone etc.

(The default Home User Public Share Folder is fine.)

When I try to click on the 2nd HD icon, it says something like I have no access privileges to this HD. When I File Share from another Mac and able to mount this HD, same thing, there is a tiny lock on the icon and say I don't have access privileges.

*How do I revert back to before, so that we can access/file share this 2nd hard drive?*

*Do I have to upgrade to Snow Leopard?*

Thanks and cheers

iMac Intel 20" (2007), Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 4 32Gb | iPad 3G 64Gb

Posted on Nov 10, 2010 5:58 AM

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Nov 10, 2010 8:08 PM in response to Kappy

Hi

Yes that was the first thing I did. I checked the 'Ignore' and the disk is still locked.

In fact, it wasn't listed as such. I think the first was "_unknown" or something, and not the "Owner"...

I think it may have to do with because I did an Erase and Re-install that the main startup disk was not the "old/original" one that has formatted and set up this 2nd hard disk and modified its previous share settings?

Thanks and cheers

2nd Internal HD 'locked', cannot File Share

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