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Phv211
Aspirant
Jun 27, 2019

Delete Time Machine Sparsebundles

Hi To help those who have not solved the Sparsebundles removal problem Enable Timemachine AFP on the NAS Put the same password as the admin of the NAS Launch Terminal on Mac ssh NASIP (for examp...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 27, 2019
Phv211 wrote:

type the command: su
enter the password of the NAS
.

Normally you should log in as root when you access the NAS with ssh.  If you do that then su isn't needed.

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Phv211
Aspirant
Jun 28, 2019

Hi

Thanks for reply
Normally ... but nothing worked and the ssh login refused root and took the admin from the mac. With "su" it ended up happening.

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    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 28, 2019
    Phv211 wrote:

     the ssh login refused root and took the admin from the mac. 

    Sometimes the admin and root password end up out-of-sync.  Try changing the admin password (then change it back if you like).

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