i have noticed that for some reason when i try to delete certain file or folders via windows I get an error message

"you require permission from UNIX User\root to make changes to this folder"

 

there a couple of folders in particular that don't have anything special about them.

 

but one of the folders that this comes up on is the backup archive from windows backup (windows 7).

 

any thoughts on why these files cant be deleted via windows and how oi should go about deleting them (hopefully without having to go to the lunux command prompt)?

What version of unraid are you using?  I'm on 4.5beta8 and I'm having some peculiar permissions issues to, where I don't have permission to rename 'x' folder in Finder under Snow Leopard.  There's nothing different about these folders that I can tell, no difference in the permissions when listed using 'ls -l' via telnet.

 

I'm also having some user share problems that this could be related to.

 

Mark.

I have gone back to 4.5beta1 and my problems have gone away.  I can now rename the folders I couldn't under 4.5beta8 and my other problem with user shares is not happening.

I am having the same problem while running version 4.4.2.  I am going to try upgrading to version 4.5 tomorrow and see what happens.  The exact problem that I am having is that a few random folders (and the files within) cannot be renamed.  I get the same error as the person in the first post.  There is nothing unordinary about these folders.  The came from the same source and they are next to other folders that have no problems.  I wish there was a format button that would just wipe the drive anyway, but I guess that would be a security issue if I actually did want to restrict delete rights to these particular folders/files.

Take a look at the FAQ entry below, especially the 'File attributes' section of it.  File and directory attributes/permissions are handled quite differently in Linux.  This won't directly answer the questions above, but may provide the clues to understanding them, and making the correct changes.

 

  "How is a Linux console different from a Windows console?"