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kwicher
Jul 28, 2020Aspirant
windows connecting logon session does not exist
Hi I cannot connect from my Windows machine (W10 pro for Workstations) to my NAS. I can see it, I can see volumes which on NAS admin page have SMB enabled but I cannot open the volumes. When I lo...
- Jul 29, 2020
Assuming you did use the proper password, I believe it also will not work if your NAS still has the drefault admin password. I'm not sure what error message Windows will give in that case, but it could be that one. Windows doesn't always map network errors on Linux boxes to the best message.
StephenB
Jul 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
- What version of Windows 10 are you using?
- Also, are you logging in to the PC with a local Windows account, or are you using a microsoft account?
There is a very old thread on technet here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/076e47a6-5244-49fd-aaeb-dc2660974281/a-specified-logon-sessions-does-not-exist-it-may-already-have-been-termianted
Can you try this test?
Open CMD on the PC and enter
net use * /delete /y net use t: \\nas-ip-address\data /user:admin nas-admin-password
using the real IP address and NAS admin password of course. Be careful with the typing (both the spaces and the two different slash directions).
This will attempt to mount the NAS data volume to drive letter T.
- kwicherJul 29, 2020Aspirant
It does not work.
I am getting info that the password is incorrect.
I have also tried to include ip before the admin
K
- SandsharkJul 29, 2020Sensei - Experienced User
Assuming you did use the proper password, I believe it also will not work if your NAS still has the drefault admin password. I'm not sure what error message Windows will give in that case, but it could be that one. Windows doesn't always map network errors on Linux boxes to the best message.
- kwicherJul 29, 2020Aspirant
Thank you.
It did work upon changing of the password
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