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Frontview Users and Share permissions
Hi,
I'm having a nightmare with share and file permissions and wondered if someone can help.
Its a very simple set up, home network with a 2 ReadyNas Ultra 2's, they are main and back up usin...
beaumonr wrote:
But surely it's not the underlying Linux system that's the problem it's the Front view implementation of the permissions functionality.Frontview is using a freeware package called SAMBA for the network shares (as do all linux NAS).. Managing file attributes generally is a bit tricky, because Windows file permissions don't map directly to Linux file permissions.
beaumonr wrote:
but am I trapped with the legacy operating system or is there an upgrade path?It is possible to convert one or both or your Ultras to OS-6. Netgear doesn't support that setup, so you would be on your own (meaning that you wouldn't be able to use paid Netgear support after the conversion).
Many people here have done it, and generally they seem happy with the results. Personally I've left my Pro-6 running OS 4 - it's only used for back-up now. But the next time I need to expand it's storage, I'll convert to OS 6.
I'm also a home user, but since we use a single NAS user account, I wouldn't run into your problem. I've seen the ownership/permissions issue come up here from time to time with OS 6, but not nearly as often as it shows up with OS 4.
beaumonr wrote:
Advanced CIFS permissions
I've clicked
Automatically set permissions on new files and folders.
Also check the box saying "Do not allow ACL changes to be more restrictive than this." and see if that helps.
Hi, thanks...yes already got that checked unfortunately...but to no avail..
I see that you both have home folders now (which are private). Do you actually need that feature? Or could you migrate the data in them to public shares?
If you don't need home folders, then a workaround is to just use the same NAS credentials in both PCs.
- Hi, thanks for the reply, yes I did think of that but I'm just a bit disappointed that what should be a standard requirement is proving to be troublesome. It's a basic feature of user accounts and folders surely it should be easy......I always feel let down by this type of technology where it doesn't "do what it says on the tin" without trial and error and workarounds...
beaumonr wrote:
I'm just a bit disappointed that what should be a standard requirement is proving to be troublesome.I agree it should just work (and that file permissions often misbehave, especially in the legacy NAS).
There are other issues with the home shares though - in particular they are hard to restore from a backup. While they have a lot of value for enterprises, I think home users are better off not using them.
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