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    Home Networking: Changing folder permissions on a network storage disk

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    by apresence ·

    My home network is a desktop running XP Home, and a notebook running Vista Home. The are networked by a linksys router which also has a D-LINK network storage enclosure attached. I’ve have this setup for almost a year and it was working fine. Recently however, I changed my username and password using D-LINKs admin site and suddenly things went haywire in terms of accessibility. I have solved all issues but one. One subfolder on this network drive – ironically the most important one – is giving me an access denied message when I try to access it from either computer. When I right-click and check Properties>Security it shows “Nobody” for permissions/access groups. There are no other options and I can’t change it from here anyway. I would like to understand how to change permissions on folders in this drive from my any of my machines. What have I changed that no longer allows me access. Thanks to anyone who can help as this is a timely business issue.

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    • #2965906

      Clarifications

      by apresence ·

      In reply to Home Networking: Changing folder permissions on a network storage disk

      Clarifications

    • #2965905

      RE: [i]I would like to understand how to change permissions on folders in t

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to Home Networking: Changing folder permissions on a network storage disk

      You most likely have to return to your original Password and so on and then remove the security from this folder then change your Details and then reset the Permissions on this folder.

      Col

      • #2965887

        Great Solution:New Issue

        by apresence ·

        In reply to RE: [i]I would like to understand how to change permissions on folders in t

        Hey thanks man. That probably is the answer. However I have another problem. That folder is still inaccessible but the rollover tag says it is empty. That’s impossible. I was using up until 2 days ago to store files and there is no way I would have erased it. Please tell me I can get back what is supposed to be in there?

        • #2965744

          Well it depends on what’s happened here

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to Great Solution:New Issue

          If you chose to delete Private Files when you changed the Log On Details the system could have deleted the Files but it just as easily could have made them invisible to anyone without the proper Authorization.

          I would try returning the system to the way it was when it last worked and see what you have to deal with from there.

          Without knowing exactly what happened here it’s hard to say one way or the other but with Forensic Recovery Tools most Data is recoverable though it may be time consuming and expensive.

          Col

    • #2965902

      Sub Folder

      by wizard-09 ·

      In reply to Home Networking: Changing folder permissions on a network storage disk

      Go to the root of the sub folder, root meaning the folder it is within and you can change the premissions here, set it to filter down to all sub folders this will resolve the issue.

      • #2965896

        Root

        by apresence ·

        In reply to Sub Folder

        Thanks. I tried that however the root of the sub-folder is the actual drive itself (Volume_1 on DNS-323(Dlink-ee8110)). I usually access this drive from My Network Places. Have I set this thing up completely wrong?

        • #2965881

          Network Places

          by wizard-09 ·

          In reply to Root

          If your accessing the folder from my network places its more than likely the folder is held on another machine, find the machine and do as above

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