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ReadyNAS 102 - Sharing Folders
Hello & apologies if this is in the wrong section. I've have a folder I would like to share with a flatmate however I'm having issues carrying this out. I've logged in as admin, created a new fol...
I've kinda sorted it.
On one part I think I was being silly trying to untick the DNLA option within the section that gives you 4 choices. All I needed to do was move the slider to off within the DNLA section which sorted this particular issues.
With regards to sharing folders. Because of what the DNLA issue threw up I've now made a folder I wish to share with DNLA protocol and put a shortcut of said folder onto the persons desktop. Seeing as they will be scanning docs which aren't really sensitive and just need to be saved then it doesn't matter if anyone can view these.
I've had my 102 for nearly 5 years now and I can't fault it however the folder sharing issue seems bizarre. I'm just glad that this isn't something that's critical to me.
It sounds like you created a local user for him and then separately had him create a ReadyCloud user. That's two different users and one cannot have access to the personal folder of another. This is one of the things about ReadyCloud I believe is seriously flawed, but you need to work around it or live with it.
Does he need remote access? If not, forget about ReadyCloud and just have him access the NAS locally using the local account you created. If he does, he can use ReadyCloud all the time once you have given access to him vioa ReadyCloud and use his ReadyCloud account home folder or you can create a special folder that is not a home folder and give both users access to that folder.
Hi and thanks for the response. They don't need access remotely and will be accessing it whilst at my home.
I'm a bit lost as what is the correct way for them to access it locally? I've tried different methods but been unable to access the folder at all.
I'd be happy setting up from scratch if need be.
I assumed accessing locally they'd use the IP address? Probably wrong however whenever I try accessing via the IP address it always asked for admin password and won't accept the users I've setup.
Thanks
From windows, the normal way is through the file manager. Enter \\nas-name or \\nas-ip-address in the address bar and you should see the list of shared folders. Then you can just click on it.
You do need to be careful on the slash direction, and of course use the real name or IP address instead of the placeholders.
From OSX, you use finder, entering smb://nas-name or smb://nas-ip-address. Note the slash direction is different.
Android and iOS require you to have an app on the device. Solid Explorer is a good one for Android. GoodReader works for iOS.
I think I'm getting somewhere. I did this and was able to get to the folder however when entering their details it said they didn't have access. I may well have typed the password incorrectly however now when I click on the folder it doesn't give me the option to enter the password and says 'windows cannot access xxx.xxx you do not have permission, contact network admin to request access :(
I've selected another folder and this time entered my admin details however I get different dialogue with same result. Basically not accessible though does go onto say multiple conntections to a server by same user not allowed. I've logged off the other laptop however still saying it.
Many Windows users do not realize that a Linux (and thus ReadyNAS) user name and password are both case sensitive. The error you are getting without being asked for another password is probably because you told Windows to remember the (wrong) credentials and you need to clean them out of the credentials manager. In the search box, type "cred" and you'll see it availablle. Just delete any credentials assoiated with the NAS, then log out of Windows and back in.
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