Insufficient privileges WD external hard drive
After getting into an endless restart loop, I archived and installed a clean OS. Now I cant access my WD external (my Passport) HD because "insufficient privileges".
I have explored various threads and tried even using terminal to no avail .
chmod 775 "/Volumes/volumename/" to remove the privilege.
In Get info , sharing and permissions, it shows as access "custom" and it wont allow any changes to this.
Any ideas?
Select the drive then Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. In the Sharing and Ownership section at the bottom look for a checkbox in the lower left corner labeled "Ignore ownership on this volume." If it is checked then click on the lock icon and authenticate. Uncheck the box. Since the only thing you've mentioned is "custom" I'm not sure what to tell you to do other than be sure all entries except Everyone is set for read and write. Everyone should be read only. Now open the Terminal and at the prompt enter:
sudo chown root:admin /Volumes/"volume name"
Press RETURN. Enter your admin password when prompted.
killall Finder
Press RETURN.
You should see the correct ownership and privileges in the still open Get Info window if all is well.
Now this only affects the drive itself. It will not change anything you have stored on the drive. If you cannot access your files, then we need to know what specific permissions problem you have in that regard and whether it's limited to some files or everything on the drive.
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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