Can't write to hard drive connected to a router

jgbyr

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but anyway....
I've attached a hard drive to my router so we can access it wirelessly around the house using different devices.
I can watch items no problem but cannot copy to or delete from the hard drive remotely .
I checked the properties & they're listed as read/write so that seems ok.
Would anyone have any ideas as to why the drive is giving an 'access denied' message.
Thanks

davo2001

You probably would need to reformat the HDD to either FAT32 or a linux format (XFS or EXT3) to get read/write access. With alot of routers, if the HDD is formatted to NTFS it will be read only.
Best to check what format you need with the route manufacturer.

jgbyr

davo2001 wrote: »

You probably would need to reformat the HDD to either FAT32 or a linux format (XFS or EXT3) to get read/write access. With alot of routers, if the HDD is formatted to NTFS it will be read only.
Best to check what format you need with the route manufacturer.

Thanks for that. The HDD is currently formatted as ntfs. Might copy everything off it it & give it a shot.

Viper_JB

If it's able to read I don't think the file system would be the issue, it's probably a permissions issue. Stick it into a windows machine, right click on drive > Properties > Security and make sure the USER group has write access to the device, I think that should probably do the trick, might need to add a root user and do the same for that though I guess that depends on the model?

jgbyr

Viper_JB wrote: »

If it's able to read I don't think the file system would be the issue, it's probably a permissions issue. Stick it into a windows machine, right click on drive > Properties > Security and make sure the USER group has write access to the device, I think that should probably do the trick, might need to add a root user and do the same for that though I guess that depends on the model?

I changed the permissions but it made no difference, still read only.

davo2001

jgbyr wrote: »

I changed the permissions but it made no difference, still read only.

Because the issue is the file format, not the permissions. I work for a major router manufacturer and this is normal.

jgbyr

davo2001 wrote: »

Because the issue is the file format, not the permissions. I work for a major router manufacturer and this is normal.

So do I need to reformat to fat32 to be able to write to the disk remotely?
I thought ntfs was a more modern file format.

davo2001

jgbyr wrote: »

So do I need to reformat to fat32 to be able to write to the disk remotely?
I thought ntfs was a more modern file format.

For Windows it is, but your router does not run on Windows.

jgbyr

davo2001 wrote: »

For Windows it is, but your router does not run on Windows.

Thanks, a reformat it is so if I want to write to it.

White Heart Loon

Fat32 has a file size limit of 4GB

jgbyr

White Heart Loon wrote: »

Fat32 has a file size limit of 4GB

Should be ok as the max individual file size would be 1GB.