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Airport Hard Drive Permissions

Hello, I have a AirPort Extreme with a 3T hard drive connected to it. and If I check the permissions via my computer it says


(Unknown) Read& Write

everyone No Access


I have no idea who unknown is, and If I try to change the privieges, it tells me i dont have the permissions to make theses changes. I am an admin, and I did try to go in has root. Still no luck. So My Media hubs cant access the files on my HD.


Please help/

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 22, 2012 10:21 PM

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Jun 22, 2012 10:42 PM in response to Pandoros

That is because once connected to the AEBS it becomes a network drive. You then have to mount the network drive in order to use it.


You should not change the permissions attached to the drive after you have partitioned and formatted it. Be sure you have prepped the drive for this use:


Drive Preparation


1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.


2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.


3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.


4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.


5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.


6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.


Eject the drive upon completion and connect to the USB port on your AEBS. Open Airport Utility to configure it under Drives and turn on Sharing and File Sharing. You can then mount the drive for use by selecting Connect to Server under the Finder's Go menu.

Jun 22, 2012 11:05 PM in response to Pandoros

Do you mean with the drive directly connected? Yes. See the following:


Fix Permissions for a Locked Drive


Open Terminal in the Utilities folder. Paste the following at the prompt. Press RETURN after each. The first command will prompt for you to enter your admin password. It will not be echoed to the screen. After entering your password press RETURN again.


sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*

sudo chmod a+rx /volumes/*

killall finder


An alternative is to download BatChmod and use it to fix the permissions.

Jun 22, 2012 11:31 PM in response to Pandoros

Fix Permissions for a Locked Drive


Open Terminal in the Utilities folder. Paste the following at the prompt. Press RETURN after each. The first command will prompt for you to enter your admin password. It will not be echoed to the screen. After entering your password press RETURN again.


sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*

sudo chmod a+rx /volumes/*

killall Finder


An alternative is to download BatChmod and use it to fix the permissions.


Paste the above commands one line at a time.

Airport Hard Drive Permissions

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