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ReadyShare Not ready for primetime./
Why is ReadyShare able to create folders and files that effectively give only Read and Execute permissions with only one login which should have full access? Running the latest version of the fir...
ReadyShare is implemented like many early or basic NAS using shared folder access control only. This does bypass almost everything, being the U**x permissions, being ACLs or whatever is in place on the storage media.
The "complete" SAMBA implementation with users and many groups does require the deployment of ACLs to the file system.
Most users don't care about what is going on on their USB storage in file/folder protection and ownership - they want to connect it to their computers (typically MacOS, or Windows) and get access with read and write to all the data. Everything above is ways beyond the average home user needs to share data.
That's what it was made for.
Similar, assuming you talk of a Seagate Linux based NAS, it was (and is) just shared folder based access system. The only exception was the Windows Storage Server based NAS.
Needless to say, the "need" to use the admin (sigh ... root!) credentials is simply not acceptable.
PS. Look what is going on inside of your router - you will be amazed (or not), plenty of processes operating as UID 0 - how much these processes care about your U**x protection masks and file ownerships on the U**x file system? Nothing 8-)