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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 wh...
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?
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