"you need permission to perform this action" on network folder

[Guest darylh]

Greetings,

 

I am having a problem accessing folders that I made on a newly

purchased external HD set up on my home network via a wireless router.

I set up the HD (a 500GB drive in an USB enclosure) and formatted it

using the Computer Management tools in Vista. It has 1 primary, active

NTFS partition. With the drive plugged directly into my PC by USB, I

was able to format the drive and create two folders at it's root;

'Archive' and 'Restore'. I want to use these folders to hold copies of

my files and back ups of my laptops drive using the Vista Back Up and

Restore tools. I have the HD connected by USB into my ASUS WL-500W

wireless router. I can see the drive (named 'Portable') and the

folders in the Network view of Windows Explorer. However, when I try

and create or copy folders on the HD over the network I get errors

such as "you need permission to perform this action". When I check the

Properties/Security tab of the folders the 'Everyone' user doesn't

have the proper permissions, so I assume this is the problem, but I'm

not sure how to set this. Everything works fine when connected

directly to my PC by USB, but not over the network and I would like to

be able to leave the drive connected to the network so that it's

easier to schedule back ups and gather/deposit/share files with other

users on the network.

 

Does anyone think there is a solution to this?

Would it be my router settings that are causing the issue or

permission set my Vista, or a combination?

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Daryl

[Guest darvesh88]

You have to look at the access settings on the router, there should be a

option in the router to say Let everyone read/write or create accounts

for users etc. Basic rule of thumb when sharing files is, the client

(vista) has to obey the rules set by the server (router), so if your

router says you can only read this folder by default, any client will

not be able to write just the way it works. I would say take a look in

the router settings before messing around with the vista ones

 

 

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darvesh88