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 need permission to perform this action." I try to change ownership in Vista but get nowhere. I am guessing it has to do with permissions on my folder on the NAS. Under Frontview the share name is media. Under advanced options the Share Folder Owner is listed as "nobody" and the Share Folder Group is listed as "nogroup." What do I need to do to get this in order so I will be the owner of these folder under Vista? Thank you.-Howard

Which security mode are you using? This information should be available in the Security page in Frontview. Some models of ReadyNAS do not support security modes, so if you don't see it in the Security page, let me know which model you're using.

ewok wrote:Which security mode are you using? This information should be available in the Security page in Frontview. Some models of ReadyNAS do not support security modes, so if you don't see it in the Security page, let me know which model you're using.thank you so much for your reply -- I am out of the country for a family funeral until Feb 5th so I hope you can wait until then for me to reply.

I was able to look up my order info on NewEgg. I have this model: NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 500GB. I added a second hard drive for a RAID1 config: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA. I will be able to monitor this thread from where I am, but I have no access to the NAS until Feb. 5th. Thank you!

If this is just an isolated issue, the easiest way to delete the folder would be to connect to the share as admin (who will have superuser privileges) and delete it. Please let me know if that works when you have the chance to try it.

Thanks. I will be returning home on Friday, so I can try it this weekend. Do you mind explaining how to connect as an admin? I think it is more than an isolated issue since there are numerous folders I cannot move or delete. These all seem to be files that I copied over from my old Windows XP system (I am now running a Vista-based system). The files I create from the new Vista system do not present any problems as far as deletions and moves. BTW, I have tried numerous time to "take ownership" of the problem files through Vista, but have not been able to do so Thanks again.-Howard

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ewok

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Aug 12, 2011

DTschoolIT wrote:

The files are being moved by cut and paste...by a user that has read/write priv for the share. the files are being moved within that share to another folder in that same share. after the successful move, the files cannot be accessed by the user or other users. resetting the permissions instantly corrects this issue. why does this occur? it seems as though the permissions are not being set, though ive had users report that sometimes if they wait a while and try again the files work. Any ideas as to what would cause this behavior?

DTschoolIT wrote:
The files are being moved by cut and paste...by a user that has read/write priv for the share. the files are being moved within that share to another folder in that same share. after the successful move, the files cannot be accessed by the user or other users. resetting the permissions instantly corrects this issue. why does this occur? it seems as though the permissions are not being set, though ive had users report that sometimes if they wait a while and try again the files work. Any ideas as to what would cause this behavior?

What are the permissions on these files before and after the cut and paste? I'm surprised the user who moved the files would not be able to delete them.

DTschoolIT wrote:

also ive tried checking and unchecking the "set permissions automatically" for new files. what is the advantage/disadvantage of this? if you are not setting the permissions automatically, what permissions will the file receive? the permissions of the parent? Is this used to set permissions different than those of the parent?

DTschoolIT wrote:
also ive tried checking and unchecking the "set permissions automatically" for new files. what is the advantage/disadvantage of this? if you are not setting the permissions automatically, what permissions will the file receive? the permissions of the parent? Is this used to set permissions different than those of the parent?

The feature allows you to set the default permissions for new files and folders, the advantages and disadvantages are really up to your setup and needs. If this is not set, the default permissions should be read/write for the owner of the file, read-only for everyone else.

DTschoolIT

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Aug 15, 2011

ewok wrote:
DTschoolIT wrote:

The files are being moved by cut and paste...by a user that has read/write priv for the share. the files are being moved within that share to another folder in that same share. after the successful move, the files cannot be accessed by the user or other users. resetting the permissions instantly corrects this issue. why does this occur? it seems as though the permissions are not being set, though ive had users report that sometimes if they wait a while and try again the files work. Any ideas as to what would cause this behavior?

What are the permissions on these files before and after the cut and paste? I'm surprised the user who moved the files would not be able to delete them.

Before the move, permissions are read and write for a few specific users, read only for everyone else...after, the files cannot be opened by anyone(acessed denied message) or are read-only, until resetting permissions for the share, at which point all permissions work correctly.

ewok wrote:
DTschoolIT wrote:

also ive tried checking and unchecking the "set permissions automatically" for new files. what is the advantage/disadvantage of this? if you are not setting the permissions automatically, what permissions will the file receive? the permissions of the parent? Is this used to set permissions different than those of the parent?

The feature allows you to set the default permissions for new files and folders, the advantages and disadvantages are really up to your setup and needs. If this is not set, the default permissions should be read/write for the owner of the file, read-only for everyone else.

understood, what i want to happen is for the files to match the share they are in, so then i would check this box, correct?

ewok
NETGEAR Expert
Aug 25, 2011
You could check the box and set the default permissions to match the share.

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