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Access by device name, get rid of SMB 3.5.21
Oh joy, 2 NASboxes with CIFs-protocol-based shares. "NASbox2" appears on all my Windows PCs as "NASbox2 (NASbox2)" and access proceeds seamlessly without password challenges. NASbox (the first one) ...
It might be more useful to get clarify exactly what is happening now, and not worry about the past. I understand what you want to get back to.
So you are prompted for a password only (and cannot specify an user name)?
And the password you specified can now be entered?
Did you try setting a password for the share, and then clearing it?
BTW, my NAS are all in user security mode, and I do not need to enter passwords for any of them. Guest access is enabled on the CIFS path, and I entered my NAS admin credentials into the Windows credential manager on each pc.
So you are prompted for a password only (and cannot specify an user name)?
And the password you specified can now be entered?
Did you try setting a password for the share, and then clearing it?
BTW, my NAS are all in user security mode, and I do not need to enter passwords for any of them. Guest access is enabled on the CIFS path, and I entered my NAS admin credentials into the Windows credential manager on each pc.
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