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Connect to my NAS (RN212) via VNCviewer
I'd like to connect to my NAS via VNCviewer, and then virtualBox.
I need to know what the user password is, and ideally the root password.
Any ideas ?
maxds wrote:
The question I asked was what is the (likely Linux) username and password
Well, that really isn't the right question, though the answer to that is in the link schumaku gave you.
The NAS OS only has the remote console installed. You can use WinSCP or Putty (windows), or terminal (mac) to gain access to the remote console.
To do what you want, you'd first need to install a package that creates a desktop environment on the NAS (since it doesn't have one). That package would need to function without any graphics hardware (that is, without a GPU), since the NAS doesn't have that either. I don't know of any such package, and if there is one the performance would be very slow.
Then you'd need to install a VNCServer package that allows that desktop enviroment to be accessed remotely.
I don't know of any way to connect VNCViewer to a ReadyNAS.
All that is needed is the root password
maxds wrote:
All that is needed is the root password
RT*M ... and here https://kb.netgear.com/30068/ReadyNAS-OS-6-SSH-access-support-and-configuration-guides
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