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cwiebe
Jan 27, 2016Aspirant
Cannot delete files from Share
I have a ReadyNas Duo v2 running 5.3.11 I have a folder I use to backup documents. I am now unable to remove any of the files and folders in this directory. I have gone into shares and reset perm...
- Jan 27, 2016
Short Answer: I had to go out for a few hours and now it's working. I don't know why it broke, and now I don't know why it started working. I did the reset permissions on the share and rebooted the NAS. Maybe it had to make a pass to reset each file(?).
But you're right StephenB, good catch. Http was enabled as a service, but not for the share.
It is now happily deleting 11,693 files. Thanks for all your help.
StephenB
Jan 27, 2016Guru - Experienced User
Did you enable http access to the share first?
cwiebe
Jan 27, 2016Aspirant
Short Answer: I had to go out for a few hours and now it's working. I don't know why it broke, and now I don't know why it started working. I did the reset permissions on the share and rebooted the NAS. Maybe it had to make a pass to reset each file(?).
But you're right StephenB, good catch. Http was enabled as a service, but not for the share.
It is now happily deleting 11,693 files. Thanks for all your help.
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