Greetings,
I've recently bought a Mac Mini to use as a network file & print server for my home network. Up until that time, I used an AirPort Extreme for that purpose, but ran into some issues with using multiple external drives connected via a hub to the AirPort Extreme's USB port.
My problem is that I've set up one of the external drives for use with the Mini as a shared drive. I've got the following directory (folder) structure set up:
/
/Shared
/Users
/My folder
/My sister's folder
/My dad's folder
/My mother's folder
My problem is that I've somehow corrupted the permissions on this drive somehow, and I don't know how to fix them. I want it so that each family member has read/write access to the /Shared directory and each family member has read/write access to their own directory under the /Users directory, and no other family member has access. For example, I would have read/write access to my own /Users directory but no access to my dad's directory.
What is happening, is that in the /Shared folder, I'm finding that I can read & write to some of the subdirectories on the shared drive. However, when I copy the directory to my local hard drive OS X tells me that I have no access to the directory and I can't even open it.
My question is, how can I fix this permissions nightmare that I've somehow gotten myself into?
Regards,
Geoffrey
I've recently bought a Mac Mini to use as a network file & print server for my home network. Up until that time, I used an AirPort Extreme for that purpose, but ran into some issues with using multiple external drives connected via a hub to the AirPort Extreme's USB port.
My problem is that I've set up one of the external drives for use with the Mini as a shared drive. I've got the following directory (folder) structure set up:
/
/Shared
/Users
/My folder
/My sister's folder
/My dad's folder
/My mother's folder
My problem is that I've somehow corrupted the permissions on this drive somehow, and I don't know how to fix them. I want it so that each family member has read/write access to the /Shared directory and each family member has read/write access to their own directory under the /Users directory, and no other family member has access. For example, I would have read/write access to my own /Users directory but no access to my dad's directory.
What is happening, is that in the /Shared folder, I'm finding that I can read & write to some of the subdirectories on the shared drive. However, when I copy the directory to my local hard drive OS X tells me that I have no access to the directory and I can't even open it.
My question is, how can I fix this permissions nightmare that I've somehow gotten myself into?
Regards,
Geoffrey