Changing Write permissions on 4000T HDD

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janandsteve

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Hi
I have the 4000T wirelessly connected to the Humax H3. Software never worked properly, Humax helpline as useful as ever.
I use Kodi on the H3 to access my 4000T - Kodi is open source and great to teak the .xml files. Kodi has a function to delete recorded files across a network. I have managed to ftp: onto the 4000T HDD and can see all the recorded programs in the recordings folder. Only the 'user' of the 4000T is allowed full RWX. 'group' and 'others' do not have the W permission, only RX. I have sussed out that in order to delete from the 4000T HDD I need Write permission on the 'recordings' folder. I have tried a few ftp clients and I cannot change permissions on the 4000T HDD. I somehow need to get into the 4000T directly as the 'user' and change the permissions from there.... Anyone help? Many thanks. Steve

| Sun 4 Feb 2018 16:13:48 #1 |
grahamlthompson

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Guessing you would need the drive connected to a PC running Linux and use super user priviledges.

https://www.linux.com/learn/linux-101-introduction-sudo

| Sun 4 Feb 2018 16:36:00 #2 |
janandsteve

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grahamlthompson - 3 hours ago »
Guessing you would need the drive connected to a PC running Linux and use super user priviledges.
https://www.linux.com/learn/linux-101-introduction-sudo

Many thanks, Graham.

| Sun 4 Feb 2018 20:16:39 #3 |