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Restricting folders with Passwords
Ok, i have fixed many of the issues i have come up with so far. My only issue now is that i need to setup accounts so that users can only access certain files. This is the setup i need:
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Thanks for the reply!
I had already entered the credentials in Credential Manager, but everyone still has access to each file regardless of their credentials. You think I need two credentials you said? One for the IP and one for the hostname? I only created the credentials for the IP. I'll try adding another one.
Gilfammedicine wrote:I had already entered the credentials in Credential Manager, but everyone still has access to each file regardless of their credentials.
Are you setting network access permissions or file access permissions in the NAS? You should be using network access permissions.
Also, in order to test network access you need to clear out any open sessions in the PC. You can do this by rebooting, or by running CMD and entering net use * /delete
Gilfammedicine wrote:
You think I need two credentials you said? One for the IP and one for the hostname?
That depends how people access the NAS. If people use the IP address, then you need a credential for that. If they use hostname, then you'll need a second one.
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