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Link user and ready cloud user accounts
Hi, I have just purchased the RN212 and am intending to use it for several users with different folder and sub-folder accesses. I have created the users and now want to use Readycloud to allow them ...
AFAIK there is no way to link a local account and a ReadyCloud account. An obvious flaw that Netgear has never fixed.
As far as access goes, I don't recommend managing file access at the subfolder level. It generally works out better if you manage access at the share level, using the network access tabs (as opposed to the file access tab).
Thanks! Wow that is a pretty annoying flaw.
Ok so basically the trick is to have a user and cloud user account for each person. Keep network access to the top level and as basic as possible, so that its simple to grant access - possibly through user groups.
It also looks like you cant add cloud users to groups. V annoying!
MarkCarra wrote:
It also looks like you cant add cloud users to groups. V annoying!
I agree. If you use ReadyCloud then you should be able to simply enable one or more local accounts for ReadyCloud access and be done with it. You would still need ReadyCloud-only accounts for people you are sharing with.
Very annoying, indead; especially when they once had a solution for all this called "ReadyNAS Remote". I don't believe that the developers who chose this new process have any idea how the users actually use their NASes. They seem to think that we want all access to be via "the cloud", even when the device is in the same room.
Adding ReadyCloud, for those who want such a thing, was OK. But removing ReadyNAS Remote was, IMHO, a very big mistake. It's one of the reasons I have not updated beyond 6.4.2.
Sandshark wrote:
But removing ReadyNAS Remote was, IMHO, a very big mistake. It's one of the reasons I have not updated beyond 6.4.2.
OpenVPN is another option - and frankly I like it better than Remote. It gives me full access to my home network when I'm away. The traffic doesn't route through a cloud server (unlike Remote).
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