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Luminary

Feb 11, 2019

Solved

ReadyNAS 314 running firmware 6.9.5-unable to access home folder admin

ReadyNAS 314 running Firmware 6.9.5 Was using a Windows 7 desktop as sole admin (no other users) and was able to see and access home page/admin using File Explorer. Have switched to a new desktop...

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StephenB
Feb 11, 2019
This is happening because you aren't using the NAS admin credentials in the Windows 10 system. To solve this, go into the Windows Credential Manager and

delete any saved credentials for the NAS (both IP address and hostname)

add new credentials using "admin" as the username, and the NAS admin password (again both IP address and hostname).

Then reboot the PC.

Though in my option a better option is to simply stop using the admin folder. Home folders aren't as easy to restore from backup as other folders, and some apps/services won't work with home folders (for example, DLNA). So personally I'd

copy the stuff in admin to a new share

delete the contents in admin

disable SMB for the home folder in the share settings.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Feb 11, 2019

This is happening because you aren't using the NAS admin credentials in the Windows 10 system. To solve this, go into the Windows Credential Manager and

delete any saved credentials for the NAS (both IP address and hostname)
add new credentials using "admin" as the username, and the NAS admin password (again both IP address and hostname).

Then reboot the PC.

Though in my option a better option is to simply stop using the admin folder. Home folders aren't as easy to restore from backup as other folders, and some apps/services won't work with home folders (for example, DLNA). So personally I'd

copy the stuff in admin to a new share
delete the contents in admin
disable SMB for the home folder in the share settings.

Ray2
Luminary
Feb 11, 2019
Worked like a charm AND I appreciate your observations about its deficiencies relative to using it to begin with. Thank you.