Keep having to enter password to access second hard drive

[gangst]

Well, my quad 2.5Ghz Powermac finally arrived with two 500GB hard drives and I love it, but Mac OS X won't let me access and change files on the second hard drive without keep entering the administrator password. I looked in Disc Utility, but I didn't really know what to do so thought I'd ak here. I just want it so I can use the second hard drive quickly without having to enter my password.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mad jew]

If you Get Info on the drive (either COMMAND-I or from the File menu), what does it say in the Ownership & Permissions section? Also, repair permissions for fun from the Disk Utility.

 

[gangst]

If you Get Info on the drive (either COMMAND-I or from the File menu), what does it say in the Ownership & Permissions section? Also, repair permissions for fun from the Disk Utility.

I did Get Info and looked under the ownership and permissions and discovered that the drive was set ot Read Only, I then ticked the ignore ownership boix, and now I can access the drive properly.

Thanks for your help.

 

[mad jew]

Brilliant. I wonder how it got changed though...

I'd repair permissions all the same.