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How does a Linux user logon to their account on a Readynas
ReadyNas Rn104 - Firmware: OS 6.10.3 ReadyCloud: Enabled Share protocols enabled: SMB, NFS, AFP, HTTP Environment: Linux home network. All devices running Linux Mint 19.3 or 20 A few months ago, ...
Thanks to all for your helpful responses.
Unfortunately, all they have done is confirmed my opinion that the ReadyNas is NOT suitable for the Linux environment. I don't see why Iit should be necessary to install Samba on every machine on the network simply to access a ReadyNas, which is after all a Linux device.
I have instead decided to abandon the ReadynNas and install the drives in a JBOD enclosure driven by a Raspbery Pi. I can acheive everything I want to much more easily.
It's a shame, as I was given 2 of these boxes which, had they been more flexible, could have proved useful.
Thanks again and goodbye
Strictly stick with SMB (and e.g. FTP if desperately required) - there is an authentication in place ... Windows and Apple users do the same, and most Linux desktop distributions do the very same. Most what you read in the ReadyNAS (and many other NAS vendors) features like the home share and other features in documentation are based on this. User and Group based access control and configuration are a snap like this.
Unless your are willing to learn NFS bottom up and manage all your U**x-like systems accordingly, probably in combination with an LDAP server, learn to understand that NFS(v3) does not work based on authentication but much more on GID and UID of the system where the exported NFS shares are mounted. There is no "NFS just works" - almost all home and many small business Linux environment using NFS are a mess. Unless you have all UID, GID, usernames, and much more in sync over all systems, NFS user and group based access will never work correct.
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