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givememynamebak's avatar
Aug 12, 2017
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ReadyNAS Photos II not working (again) with OS6 6.8.0

Worked with 6.7.0 and v 2.0.6 but not with 6.8.0 and after upgrading to Photos II v 2.0.7. When accessing locally, going through the Wizard after initial install this is what I get when trying to cr...
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    givememynamebak
    Aug 24, 2017

    Well, I took some time to dig into this tonight... and was able to fix it.

     

    Here's what the logs said: 

    Aug 23 22:32:49 ReadyNAS1 apache2[27516]: [error] [client 192.168.1.176] client denied by server configuration: /apps/photos2/favicon.ico, referer: http://192.168.1.100:8086/photos2/login.html

    Aug 23 22:32:56 ReadyNAS1 apache2[24751]: [error] [client 192.168.1.176] cannot open(/etc/frontview/apache/apache2.pem), referer: http://192.168.1.100:8086/photos2/login.html

     

    So I started investigating here:  

    root@ReadyNAS1:/etc/frontview/apache# ls -lart

    total 68

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  963 May 10 15:21 ssl.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  298 May 10 15:21 READYDROP.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 2539 May 10 15:21 lan-try.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 3045 May 10 15:21 fv-admin.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  279 May 10 15:21 defaults.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  303 May 10 15:21 Auth.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin   86 May 10 15:21 Admin_Auth.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin    0 May 10 19:19 Ports.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  315 May 22 19:10 ssleay.cnf.in

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 1023 Jun 26 19:10 safe-mode.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   343 Aug 10 19:52 ssleay.cnf

    -rw------- 1 root  root  3222 Aug 10 19:52 apache2.pem

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 5241 Aug 19 15:57 apps-https.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin   54 Aug 19 16:37 http-share-redirect.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  143 Aug 19 16:37 http-redirect.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 3058 Aug 19 16:37 Shares.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  411 Aug 19 16:37 WebShare.conf

    drwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin  446 Aug 19 16:37 .

    drwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin  624 Aug 19 16:37 ..

     

    I then ran: 

    root@ReadyNAS1:/etc/frontview/apache# chown admin:admin *

     

    Then verified the change: 

    root@ReadyNAS1:/etc/frontview/apache# ls -lart

    total 68

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  963 May 10 15:21 ssl.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  298 May 10 15:21 READYDROP.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 2539 May 10 15:21 lan-try.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 3045 May 10 15:21 fv-admin.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  279 May 10 15:21 defaults.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  303 May 10 15:21 Auth.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin   86 May 10 15:21 Admin_Auth.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin    0 May 10 19:19 Ports.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  315 May 22 19:10 ssleay.cnf.in

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 1023 Jun 26 19:10 safe-mode.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  343 Aug 10 19:52 ssleay.cnf

    -rw------- 1 admin admin 3222 Aug 10 19:52 apache2.pem

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 5241 Aug 19 15:57 apps-https.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin   54 Aug 19 16:37 http-share-redirect.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  143 Aug 19 16:37 http-redirect.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 3058 Aug 19 16:37 Shares.conf

    -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin  411 Aug 19 16:37 WebShare.conf

    drwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin  446 Aug 19 16:37 .

    drwxr-xr-x 1 admin admin  624 Aug 19 16:37 ..

     

    Ownership is successfully changed to admin.  

    I then shut down Photos II, removed it...  then reinstalled Photos II v2.0.7 from the "Available Apps" section.  Completed the install... and went through the wizard again, AND... creating the Admin user was finally successful!!  

     

    Seems like this may be firmware related or something?  I'm not sure what set these to root to begin with but it definitely fixed my issue that I was seeing in the screenshots above while trying to create admin user in the Wizard.

     

    Now I will mark this as "Accept as Solution" - thanks for nothing and for not getting back to me Marty.

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