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howardg1
Jan 17, 2009Aspirant
Unable to delete folder on NAS
I am a newbie at this but would very much appreciate some help. I am trying to delete (using Vista) an empty folder on my ReadyNAS. I get an error in Vista: "Destination Folder Access Denied - You n...
ewok
Aug 08, 2011NETGEAR Expert
coulston wrote:
ewok wrote: Make sure you're really connected as admin by creating a file in the share and verifying its ownership. What is the name of the problematic folder?
The folder I'm having trouble deleting is named:
Sigur_Ros_Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust_320kb
I am able to connect as admin and create a folder in the share and verify it (and change) it's permissions. For the problem folder, the permissions panel in OS X says "You have unknown access", and I am not able to delete the folder.
Are you connecting to the NAS over CIFS or AFP?
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