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New RN202 with a Mac Questions
I am just setting up a new ReadyNAS 202 and am having several issues. I have set up the admin account and also set myself up as a separate account as a "User" so I can interact from my Mac as a r...
Hi dschwartzer,
Sorry for getting you confused, I meant "no it is NOT needed to create local users if you are not planning to have any permissions to the shares"
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Regards,
Hi dschwartzer,
Welcome to the community!
Since you already have an admin ReadyCLOUD account, you may not need the separate "User" that you've created. There's also a difference with a local user account and a ReadyCLOUD but both have privileges to access their own home share (just check this article). Lastly, MAC OS supports both AFP and SMB and by default, both file sharing protocols are enabled. If you're planning to disable one of the said file sharing protocols, in can be done under System->Settings->Services.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Brian:
Thanks for your quick response. I reviewed the article you referenced. I think I may finally understand it.
Are you saying that the ReadyCloud ID is independent of the User ID on the RN202 and that a person does not have to be a User on the RN202 in order to access the shared folders? I was operating under the impression that getting set up as a User on the RN202 automatically gave remote access to the shared volumes on the RN202. That was based on a screen shot I saw (I can't seem to find it now) which showed a dialog box to add an existing ReadyNas user to the ReadyCloud system.
Thoughts?
Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
David
Hello dschwartzer,
The local users are different from ReadyCloud users (ReadyCloud ID). You use ReadyCloud ID when you access the NAS via ReadyCloud app/client or ReadyCloud URL. Local users are the accounts you set for users within the network of the NAS, these accounts will be used when accessing the NAS shares, you do this if you are going to set permissions on the shares like one share will be accessible by 1 user and not to the others.
Moreover, each ReadyCloud user and local user gets to have their private share/folder, this is also called home share. This share ONLY accessible by the owner of the ReadyCloud account.
Regards,
Jenn:
Thanks for the additional explanation. I think this is starting to fall into place.
I currently have the basic shares set up by the system (Pictures, Documents, Video, Music). If all users (local or cloud) will have access to those shares and the cloud users also get a Home folder, is it even necessary to create a local user or can everyone be set up as a cloud user to keep things simple?
It also looks like if I set up another common folder (call it data) that I only want certain cloud users to have access to, I can control that by not adding the folder to the cloud users that are not supposed to see it, correct?
Even if a cloud user is within the local network, they would still have access to their files by using the ReadyCloud client so what is the purpose of the local user?
Finally, I understand that the next OS upgrade (6.5) will have single sign on for all local and cloud users. How will that impact users set up today? If a user is just a cloud user, will they automatically be added to the local user database on the RN202?
Thanks again.
Regards,
David
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