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Apr 20, 2020

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I can't delete the "Home Folder" on my ReadyNas OS 6.10.3

Hello at all,
in my ReadyNas OS 6.10.3 I would like to completely remove the "Home Folder" but I can't.
I have already read this thread https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS-in-Business/Deleting-old-home-directories/td-p/1036582 on the forum, but the command "btrfs" is not recognized and therefore I cannot use the indications of that thread.
I am in the same condition as that thread. I have some folders of the domain to which I was previously connected and then I have the folders of the local user "admin" and "test".
Obviously I have disabled SMB on the Home Folder so that it doesn't see it as a share ...

Ok all the folders are empty but I don't like seeing them in the management interface.
I entered SSH as an admin user, to try to delete those folders via shell command line (rm * -f -r) but I can't because it always gives me "Operation not permitted".
Do I have to resign myself to keeping the "Home Folder" or is there a possibility for its removal?
Thank you. Bob

Sandshark
Apr 20, 2020
You show in your signature that you have an NV+V2, which does not run OS6 nor use BTRFS. Please confirm which NAS this is on.

Assuming you also have a newer NAS you just haven't added to your signature, you have to use root credentials, not admin, in SSH. The root password is the same as your admin password.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 20, 2020
Bob245 wrote:
Do I have to resign myself to keeping the "Home Folder" or is there a possibility for its removal?

I suggest leaving it. It might be possible to delete it with ssh, but that would likely have side effects - since the application software assumes it is there.
- Bob245
  Guide
  Apr 20, 2020
  Hi, I have deleted the various folders with ssh and I am satisfied.
  I realize that perhaps it is better to leave the Home Folder in order not to have problems in the future. Thank you
Sandshark
Sensei
Apr 20, 2020
You show in your signature that you have an NV+V2, which does not run OS6 nor use BTRFS. Please confirm which NAS this is on.

Assuming you also have a newer NAS you just haven't added to your signature, you have to use root credentials, not admin, in SSH. The root password is the same as your admin password.
- Bob245
  Guide
  Apr 20, 2020
  Hi, my system is ReadyNas Pro 4 (RNDP4000).
  Ok, I need to use the ssh session with the "root" administrative user.
  Now with the root user I can use the btrfs command and then I finally deleted all the sub-folders of the Home folder.
  What happens if I also delete the Home folder?
  So many thanks. Bob
- Bob245
  Guide
  Apr 21, 2020
  Hi, just one last question.
  I realized that the folders of the local user, under the "Home Folder" are still created.
  In my case I use only one user called "veeam-account" and if I delete this folder, it is then recreated.
  The SMB service on the share Home Folder is disabled but the system still creates a folder for each local user present and used.
  It is not important but I was wondering if I could disable the creation of the home folder of the local user used. Thank you. Bob
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 21, 2020
    Bob245 wrote:
    
    but I was wondering if I could disable the creation of the home folder of the local user used.
    
    I don't think you can. But it shouldn't possible to put anything into that folder, unless you are using NAS admin credentials to access the full data volume with SMB.