The program need those privileges as well, regardless if you're the admin or not. What username does it say in Activity Monitor for that process? Check the folder's permissions in its Info (Cmd+I). For uTorrent, it says user is: Jerry (502) I am not sure what the (502) means. I know about Cmd+I to set folder permissions. And, usually it works without any problem locally on the MacMini. BUT, the NAS connected to the home LAN (Synology) is where I am trying to specify the Download folder (DL).

When I do Cmd+I and try to add myself as admin with RW privileges, repeatedly I get the following dialog. Jerry (502) => The name you entered isn’t valid. Please try again. Jerry => The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission. Which is a bit crazy because I am the owner of my own LAN.

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I have full privileges set on my NAS device for that folder. On the MacMini in OS-X (latest Mountain Lion 10.8.4) I am using Cmd+I to give me access to the folder on the NAS, which it repeatedly does not allow me to do per the above error message. I am out of ideas.

I believe you use NFS (file system) over SMB on your NAS. The users are created on your NAS and you login as that user from your OS, not the other way. Andreasvb, thanks much for your suggestions. Startech.com usb to vga adapter - external usb video graphics card for pc and mac mac. I appreciate the effort. On the Synology NAS, I have NFS enabled, Mac file service enabled ('You can enable Mac file service to make Synology DiskStation a Mac file server (AFP Server)') as well as Windows file service enabled (Workgroup specified but no WINS specification). Aside from the inability to download files to the NAS from within uTorrent (i.e., specifying /NAS/share1/DL ) I can perform normal file operations to/from the NAS from machines on the LAN. If I specify MacMini local machine as DL destination, no problem.

Only when I specify to NAS for DL, those error messages I previously stated appear. Yes, I am aware of user creation on the NAS. I do have a same name account ('Jerry') on the NAS as on the MacMini and am logged in as such on both NAS/MacMini. The only thing which is not the same is, the password. I use a different password on each device. Would that have any bearing on the problem?