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EvilSupahFly
Sep 26, 2024Aspirant
Trouble Accessing RNAS 2120 Shares From Windows 11
So, my wife was using Windows 7 until recently. She didn't want to upgrade to Windows 10, but it was a requirement for a game she started playing with some of her friends. So, I upgraded her. For the...
StephenB
Sep 26, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Check the windows credential manager on the PC. With Windows, you can only use one credential for the NAS. If you don't specify a credential in the credential manager, the default is to use the Windows login. (There is a small hack - Windows treats the NAS IP address and the host name as two different machines - so you can use one credential for the IP address, and another for the hostname).
Note guest access from Windows has gotten more restricted over the years, so it is best to always specify a NAS user account in the credential manager.
You could enable SMB on the NAS in addition to NFS. There isn't any operational issue with combining use SMB for Windows and NFS for Linux.
- EvilSupahFlySep 26, 2024AspirantInteresting. As soon as I get home from work tonight, I'll poke around and see what happens. Thanks!
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