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Accessing shares with user account
Hello, I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 2 with a single WD Red 3TB drive installed. I am currently having issues gaining access from my Windows 7 PCs to the shares I have created on the drive. I am able ...
Ah yes, I am referring to OS 6.
In OS 4, set the folder owner as admin and the folder group as users.
You have set read/write permissions for owner and group as well as everyone?
Once you have done this, tick the box that says:
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.
Then click apply.
Try to access the share again.
The other thing you could do is setup users on the readynas that match the users on your windows machines (username and password).
If you are logged in as one of those users on your windws machine, and that user has access rights to the share you should not need to enter credentials to access the share.
In OS 4, set the folder owner as admin and the folder group as users.
You have set read/write permissions for owner and group as well as everyone?
Once you have done this, tick the box that says:
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.
Then click apply.
Try to access the share again.
The other thing you could do is setup users on the readynas that match the users on your windows machines (username and password).
If you are logged in as one of those users on your windws machine, and that user has access rights to the share you should not need to enter credentials to access the share.
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