Access permissions on HDD connected to Airport

I have a new Airport Extreme wirelessly connected to my network. I have two HDD connected to the Airport, one for Time Machine, the other for my iTunes library. No problem with the HDD used for Time Machine, but on the other HDD the access permissions keep resetting to 'Everyone' being given no access. When I go in and change the permissions, close the information box and open it up again it has reverted back to no access. If I reboot the laptop it will normally fix this, be fine for a bit and then happen again.
Any ideas why the access permissions keep changing and what I can do to stop it happening?

Unfortunately, Apple did not leave much room for setting user permissions for AirPort Disks. As you know, you can choose from one of three methods, but regardless of which method you choose, you cannot set permissions individually for folders/files on a drive, nor set them differently on either a different partition on the same drive or across multiple drives attached to a USB hub.
What you are experiencing is possibly a shortcoming with the AirPort's file sharing feature. Even with the "With Accounts" option, there is inconsistency between partition vs. accounts. With multiple partitions, formatted with HFS+, you do not have any control on where the user permissions account folder ends up. Also, the location of this folder seems to change arbitrarily so that even something as simply restarting the base station will change which partition has this folder and subsequent permissions ... with the other drive getting the "Everyone" permissions ... like you are experiencing.

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