Network drive permissions

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Network drive permissions

Is there a way of changing permissions on a network drive using disk utility? For some strange reason Mountain Lion has changed the owner of a folder to daapd. This is the only user that has read/write priviledges. It will not let me change anything, nor can I move or delete the folder to create a new one. It is the folder that is used to store Mobile Applications for iTunes. I cannot move my iTunes library as it is larger than my hard drive in my iMac.

How can I resolve this issue?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 4:23 AM

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Answer 1

jeremy_v

Community Specialist

Sep 13, 2013 6:48 AM in response to AsgardFleet82

Hi AsgardFleet82,

Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.

I'd suggest trying the steps below to add your user account to the Sharing & Permissions list for the drive or folder(s) owned by the other user:

OS X Mountain Lion: Set permissions

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10669

Add or remove a user or group in the Name column

Select an item, and then choose File > Get Info.

If you don’t own the item, click the lock icon to provide an administrator’s name and password.

In the Sharing & Permissions section, do one of the following:
To add a user or group, click Add ➕ below the table, select a user or group, and then click Select.

Cheers,

Jeremy

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Answer 2

Sep 18, 2013 12:54 PM in response to jeremy_v

I have followed what you have said, but there is no lock icon. See image below.

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Sep 18, 2013 1:50 PM in response to AsgardFleet82

Using the plus button on the bottom left try to add your user name, then select read/write.

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Answer 4

Sep 21, 2013 1:21 PM in response to Eric Root

I have tried this and get this error:

The name you entered isn’t valid. Please try again.

This is my short name, I have also tried using my full name, but the same error occus.

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Answer 5

Eric Root

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Sep 22, 2013 8:21 AM in response to AsgardFleet82

Try changing everyone and staff to 'Read & Write' to see if you can get access.

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Answer 6

Sep 24, 2013 9:23 AM in response to Eric Root

I receive the following error:

The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission.

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Answer 7

Eric Root

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Sep 24, 2013 9:58 AM in response to AsgardFleet82

Do a backup before doing anything. Try enabling the Root User and log in as the Root User. You need to be very careful while logged in as the Root User because you can delete any file and could potentially ruin your system. As soon as the non-functioning applications are deleted, log out and user your normal account. Did I mention doing a backup?

Root User

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Answer 8

Sep 27, 2013 2:44 AM in response to Eric Root

There are no applications that are not functioning properly. It is just OS X not allowing me to edit the required fields to change permissions.

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Answer 9

Barney-15E

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Sep 27, 2013 3:48 AM in response to AsgardFleet82

The server would be the place to change permissions for the share. Unless your user was authorized to change permissions on the server, you won't be able to change them.

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Answer 10

Nov 8, 2013 2:39 AM in response to AsgardFleet82

I've added a user to the server but still can not change permissions. Even as admin through the UI. Not a problem before mavericks...snd I can open and manipulate files in other folders with the same persmissions. Very odd this.

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