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allow anonymous users?
ReadyNAS 2120 v2
you can select the Allow anonymous access check box to allow anonymous access to the shared folder. In this situation, users are not required to provide their account credentials when accessing the shared folder.
So uncheckin the box will require the users to input username and password when they try to access the share? That doesn't seem to be the case.Does the checkbox matter in a domain environment?
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Hello Tripline,
When NAS is integrated to AD, the share permissions will depend on the settings of the AD and not on the NAS' admin page permission settings.
Please see this article: ReadyNAS OS 6: Setting Active Directory folder permissions
Regards,
If File Access in the GUI is superceded by the NTFS permissions, then I guess that would make things easier. I would not have to worry about the Everyone checked box in the web GUI then?
Hello Tripline,
I believe Network Access should always be set to Everyone so NAS will just pass the all the permissions on to the Win server.
Regards,
Network Access affects SMB share configuration.
File Access permissions affect POSIX.Turning off Everyone from Network Access doesn't necessarily prompt you for credentials in Explorer, because Windows already sent a slew of credentials when you tried to connect to the share.
Turning off Everyone from File Access can prevent Samba from accessing/browsing files and folders, which can have an undesired affect on access. You should generally leave the UI alone once you configure network access permissions and then use Explorer to set permissions on subfolders/files.
You are not communicating NTFS when you are using a NAS -- Setting permissions over Explorer sets Extended ACL permissions.
If I gave everyone read permissions in File Access then all domain users will be able to read files though wouldn't they?
If you give "Everyone" read permissions, then anyone not matching folder/file's owner/group will only have read access to that folder/file, despite what network access says.
So if User1 creates the file, it's likely that User2'll never be able to edit that one file unless they somehow share the same group given on the files (when Creator Group has read/write).
My recommendation is setup share-level access via Network Access, set everything to read/write Everyone, then use Explorer to set ACLs like you normally would on Windows, and use whichever options you deem necessary to configure.
Hi guys.
I hope i'm in the right place.
I hope some of you can answer me.
In my shares, i have grant anonymous access for me to be able to see my files through windows explorer.
I use this to transfer files to and from my pc.
Is it necessary for anonymous access to be active for me to be able to do this?
And if anonymous access is active, will everybody outside my network be able to see my files?
Welcome to the forum. BTW you did post in the right place :smileyhappy:
Uffen90 wrote:
Is it necessary for anonymous access to be active for me to be able to do this?
No, but it is simplest. There is some information here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29838
Uffen90 wrote:
And if anonymous access is active, will everybody outside my network be able to see my files?
Generally not - your router's firewall will prevent people from accessing the network over the internet. If that firewall is compromised, then they could see your files (and everything else on your network).
If you are forwarding ports in the firewall to the ReadyNAS, then you do want to be careful on what you allow (and might need better permissions). If you use ReadyCloud, then anyone you allow to use ReadyCloud will be able to see your files.
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