Locking folders on a networked hard drive

[bw1981]

Disclaimer: if there's a more appropriate place to post this query, please let me know and I'll move it.

Here's my setup: I have three Macs and one PC sharing a wireless network with a Belkin N+ router and a 2 TB external HD shared via the router. The HD is formatted in NTFS as a legacy of originally being mostly used with the PC (and the router will only read NTFS.) I've installed NTFS-3G to be able to read and write to the drive from the Macs. Everything works dandy.

My question: I'd like to be able to restrict access to one of the folders on the HD somehow; either to just one of the Macs, or via password. I have no clue where to start with this.

Any ideas? Your help is most appreciated.

 

[GGJstudios]

Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ite:forums.macrumors.com&as_qdr=y&btnG=Search

 

[bw1981]

Thanks for the advice GGJstudios. I should have mentioned that when I Control-Click and go to the "Info" box, under sharing and permissions, I don't have any options to change. It simply states that I can read and write.

The "Locked" checkbox in the General section doesn't work either. I assume this has something to do with having a NTFS formatted disk. I'm curious if there's a way around this.

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks for the advice GGJstudios. I should have mentioned that when I Control-Click and go to the "Info" box, under sharing and permissions, I don't have any options to change. It simply states that I can read and write.

The "Locked" checkbox in the General section doesn't work either. I assume this has something to do with having a NTFS formatted disk. I'm curious if there's a way around this.

No, if you actually read some of the threads in the link I posted, you'll see detailed discussions about this very topic. You can't do it from the Get Info box, and it has nothing to do with NTFS.