How to fix custom access so permissions will work

How to disable “custom” access setting on my hard drive which causes permissions problem?
This is on a 2007 MBP with most recent OSX, etc.
Here’s what I have tried based on posts I read on this forum:
(1) I logged into admin account and typed into Terminal the following:
sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/drivename -d
sudo chmod -R +rwX /Volumes/drivename
No go. Terminal does not recognize command fsaclctl
(2) I also tried into terminal
 sudo chflags nouch /Volumes/”drive-name”
chmod 755 /Volumes/”drive-name”
(3) I restarted with recovery disk and did repair permissions. No go.
I saw a suggestion to erase the hard disk and reinstall OSX. I will do so (but would rather not) if it will solve the problem. Any advice is welcome.

Try Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings
If that didn't helped:
Do a reset (Hold Sleep/Wake and Home buttons about 10 secs or more till Apple logo appears)
Note: You will not lose any data.

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[Solved] How to fix default messy disk permissions?

Whenever I set up a new linux install, be it Fedora or Arch, I'm facing the same mess with the default mounting configuration. This time is no different. I gave up on it with one of my previous installs (Arch) but this time I'd like to tackle the problem and learn WHY this happens. I'd appreciate any help.
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├─sda1 ext4 S_50 81013467-61c5-4fca-a8b1-6471ab2ff66e /run/media/hg1/S_50
├─sda2 ext4 S_140 ada1868a-eb43-40ac-87ba-8a99bb9800f6 /run/media/hg1/S_140
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sr0
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total 8
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$ ls -l /run/media/hg1
total 18
dr-x------ 6 hg1 hg1 312 Nov 19 13:59 Parted Magic 2014_11_19
drwxrwxrwx 1 hg1 hg1 4096 Apr 18 20:58 S_10ntfs
drw-rw-rw- 3 hg1 hg1 4096 Apr 17 21:08 S_140
drw-rw-rw- 2 hg1 root 4096 Apr 17 21:08 S_50
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sdc7
UUID=61c35767-58d5-44cd-9be0-de43e88c4b25 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sdc5
UUID=ac72a869-6615-418c-8ded-0d332031cad5 /boot ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# /dev/sdc6
UUID=916eb67e-b963-4781-b434-6ec3281bd1b1 /var ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# /dev/sdc8
UUID=35390a6a-8220-4a90-9065-227bdfcb2946 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
$ mount | column -t | grep /dev/sd
/dev/sdb7 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb6 on /var type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb5 on /boot type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb8 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdd on /run/media/hg1/PartedM type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=77,iocharset=utf8,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sda3 on /run/media/hg1/S_740 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sda1 on /run/media/hg1/S_50 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sda2 on /run/media/hg1/S_140 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sda4 on /run/media/hg1/S_10ntfs type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)
0. Could anyone tell me why the order of assigned letter codes is so weird? Does it even matter? External drive is sda and my main drive (SSD) is sdb. I always connect my drives to match drive importance vs motherboard disk channel number.
1. I'd like to start with the sda which is an external USB 3.0 HDD (Seagate BK+):
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Last edited by bbarcher (2015-05-02 13:10:22)

bbarcher wrote:OK, so no fstab alteration required per se for now.
Right.
These two bits bring me to the question I wanted to ask since like 2 years ago: What's the difference between a mountpoint and a path?
A mountpoint is always a path, but not vice versa. A partition has to be accessible somehow and that is the unix way with a unified hierarchy. Windows differs insofar as by default every file system has a seperated one, starting with the drive letter - although in recent versions file systems can be mounted in directories as well.
A consequence of a path being a mountpoint, as you have already discovered, shows in that not every operation crosses file system boundaries - be it for technical reasons or to counter human stupidity.
For example, if you issue
chmod 777 /home/hg1
(or is it chmod -R ?)
the operation applies to every file, directory and sub-directory in /home/hg1
if you want it recursively, it has to be chmod -R. Otherwise chmod affects only the file/directory it is called on.
but it's different with mountpoints. Issuing
chmod 777 /mount
won't apply to to every file, directory and sub-directory in /mount including e.g. /mount/sda1/..., /mount/sda2/... etc.
Similarly issuing
rm -rf /home/hg1
won't remove everything down the line if there's for example sdb1 mounted to /home/hg1/mumbo/sdb1.
And that is probably for the best.
One more additional question:
computer 1, all files on an external disk with permissions restricted to computer 1 user by the name of theone
computer 2, has a user by the name theone as well
Q: Will theone from computer 2 be able to access the files on the external disk?
That depends. User and group IDs are stored numerically. If theone has the same ID on both systems, then yes.
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