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Unable to activate the SMB
Hi, Since several days I had an unexpected disabling of my SMB on the ReadyNAS. I'm trying to reactivate the service but each time the App button go back to grey status. Do you have an idea of the...
I have a new information over the SMB issue, when I'm trying to start the SMB service, an error pop-up is shown...
when I'm trying to start the SMB service, an error pop-up is shown
This is not an error I've seen before.
Do you have any NAS user accounts that you are not using anymore? If you do, then try deleting them.
but there is no "guest" user
There is - but it is built in, not something you configure from the NAS web ui.
If a device tries to access a share without using a NAS user account credential, then the NAS will use Guest (which amounts to anonymous access).
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