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Guest account from Chromebook showing up in Connections under Logs on ReadyNAS
Hi All, Have an issue where a Chromebook is showing up on my ReadyNAS's using a Guest account even though there is no guest account and the IP address of the Chromebook is not among the list of w...
The NAS does have a built-in guest account (not something you can remove).
If you have anonymous access enabled for a share, then the NAS accept guest connections. So if this is concerning, you should disable anonymous access for all your shares.
Thank you for the fast reply! Anonymous access is turned off for all the RadyNAS's shares. An example from one of the NAS's is shown in the attached screen shot.
Is the chromebook actually able to access anything?
In testing from the Chromebook, access is not allowed without authentication for the Admin account due to the host restrictions setup under the SMB protocol under Network Access in the Shares settings. Also attempted to login using the Guest account using a variety of possible passwords and this failed as well. Is there a default password used by Guest or Anonymous accounts?
Also tested from a Windows 10 box just for comparison sake with the same results. The difference is that the Chromebook IP address still shows up in the connections list, whereas the PC's on the network do not.
The concern in this case is that the Chromebook is a loaner from my sons school for remote learning purposes and, besides the fact that the ReadyNAS's were somehow automatically added to the Chromebooks list of File Shares, it continues to show up in the list of Connections whereas the Windows 10 PC's do not. If there is a default password for Guest accounts it seems feasible to me that it could be used to gain access to the NAS's since it is an identified account.
We deleted the File Shares that were initially created on the Chromebook and that is why the screenshot shows a new File Share being added.
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