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Simple permissions solution for already secure environments:
I finally got around to actually doing something about the problem that I started this thread for: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=47373 I didn't feel like talking to the Netgear ReadyNAS help desk (my p...
Now eight months down the track, I've had to move some data to my Duo, from a couple of different USB drives via OS/X. I really don't like the way that OS/X has "floating ownership" on these drives.
As you would have seen from my previous post, I'm certainly no master of permissions when it comes to multiple users/accounts.
Due to this transfer of data, some of the ownership/permissions on my Duo were messed up a bit. To solve this, what I did was go into Frontview-> Shares -> Share Listing -> (then select any one of the active network protocols) -> Advanced Options -> (with "nobody", "nogroup" & "read/write" set for each of the three options & the "Grant rename and delete privileges to non-owner of files." option ticked; then tick the following option (which is what this is all about):
"Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders in this share to the above settings. This option is useful in cases where you are changing security levels and need to workaround file access problems."
After that I could delete a directory & rename another, both of which had rebelled & stopped being under my control.
To those who "Know", the methods in this thread show my ignorance in this area. Though as mentioned in the previous post, due to the circumstances that the Duo is being used, I neither need, nor do I want, to spend the time to learn the complex multi-user management required to handle this situation "properly".
So far, so good. ;)
Yesterday I unlocked (not hard to do: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56807&p=324672&sid=5d6c6b81b708cfcec4cd328530c2a3d1#p324672 ) the secrets of ssh access to the ReadyNAS system, this allowed me to do something quickly which is otherwise a pain.
Arch Linux is the primary system that I use, so I do know about "ownership" & "permission" on the Linux system from the perspective of "root" & "user account". So if need be via ssh I could go in & reset the "ownership/permissions" of "/backup" & "/media" in the Duo, but really with the workaround provided above in this post, there is no need to so. So I will leave well enough alone & only use ssh if I have to clean up the mess (I can see all of the OS/X hidden files in Linux :() that my rarely used OS/X makes on the Duo, or some other problem arises that for recovery makes using ssh essential.
As you would have seen from my previous post, I'm certainly no master of permissions when it comes to multiple users/accounts.
Due to this transfer of data, some of the ownership/permissions on my Duo were messed up a bit. To solve this, what I did was go into Frontview-> Shares -> Share Listing -> (then select any one of the active network protocols) -> Advanced Options -> (with "nobody", "nogroup" & "read/write" set for each of the three options & the "Grant rename and delete privileges to non-owner of files." option ticked; then tick the following option (which is what this is all about):
"Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders in this share to the above settings. This option is useful in cases where you are changing security levels and need to workaround file access problems."
After that I could delete a directory & rename another, both of which had rebelled & stopped being under my control.
To those who "Know", the methods in this thread show my ignorance in this area. Though as mentioned in the previous post, due to the circumstances that the Duo is being used, I neither need, nor do I want, to spend the time to learn the complex multi-user management required to handle this situation "properly".
So far, so good. ;)
Yesterday I unlocked (not hard to do: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56807&p=324672&sid=5d6c6b81b708cfcec4cd328530c2a3d1#p324672 ) the secrets of ssh access to the ReadyNAS system, this allowed me to do something quickly which is otherwise a pain.
Arch Linux is the primary system that I use, so I do know about "ownership" & "permission" on the Linux system from the perspective of "root" & "user account". So if need be via ssh I could go in & reset the "ownership/permissions" of "/backup" & "/media" in the Duo, but really with the workaround provided above in this post, there is no need to so. So I will leave well enough alone & only use ssh if I have to clean up the mess (I can see all of the OS/X hidden files in Linux :() that my rarely used OS/X makes on the Duo, or some other problem arises that for recovery makes using ssh essential.
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