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How to make a share open to all so that Windows does not ask for credentials
Hello all, I have a ReadyNAS 104 with 4 x 2TB drives in it. I have spent the last couple of weeks being helped on this forum by some very knowledgable people because I had decided to move one...
avmad wrote:
So I assume you are referring to this add credential screen (which I will fill out twice):
Yes.
avmad wrote:
Then I would create a user on the NAS with the same name and password for each share on the NAS that I want to expose to Windows.
You only want one user/password on the NAS for this. Not different users for different shares.
avmad wrote:
Are we therefore saying that the psuedo user 'Everyone' and also the 'Allow anonymous access' tick box no longer work and should probably be turned off?
Leave "Everyone" set as it is. But if you only use windows, you can turn off "allow anonymous access" for SMB. If you have some older devices (media streamers for example) you might need to leave that box checked.
Windows has tightened up guest access over the years, so it is not that easy to open things up completely any more.
The easiest solution is to create an account on the NAS, and then apply that username/password to all the PCs using the Windows Credential manager. Create one credential using the NAS IP address, and a second using the NAS hostname.
Thanks StephenB.
So I assume you are referring to this add credential screen (which I will fill out twice):
Then I would create a user on the NAS with the same name and password for each share on the NAS that I want to expose to Windows.
Are we therefore saying that the psuedo user 'Everyone' and also the 'Allow anonymous access' tick box no longer work and should probably be turned off?
Thanks,
avmad wrote:
So I assume you are referring to this add credential screen (which I will fill out twice):
Yes.
avmad wrote:
Then I would create a user on the NAS with the same name and password for each share on the NAS that I want to expose to Windows.
You only want one user/password on the NAS for this. Not different users for different shares.
avmad wrote:
Are we therefore saying that the psuedo user 'Everyone' and also the 'Allow anonymous access' tick box no longer work and should probably be turned off?
Leave "Everyone" set as it is. But if you only use windows, you can turn off "allow anonymous access" for SMB. If you have some older devices (media streamers for example) you might need to leave that box checked.
Thank you again!
Before I saw your reply, I removed the access for 'Everyone' for all shares and also unticked the 'anonymous access'. Now I can access all shares from Windows with the new user/password I created. I still need to check if my TV can see the shares (although, it's not the end of the world if it can't as I mostly use a media PC for viewing).
Can't thank you enough for your help StephenB!
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