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Guest access from Windows Vista?
I have an old ReadyNAS NV (not +!) running 4.1.8. I have no problem getting to it from the Macs in the household. The problem is, I can't seem to access the shares from Windows Vista. The share I'm...
mdgm wrote: What security mode are you using under Security > Security Mode in Frontview?
User.
mdgm wrote:
chucko58 wrote:
A related problem is that I seem to have a half-created user ID - if I try to use it, I get "access denied" errors; it doesn't show up on the Users and Groups tab in FrontView; but if I try to create it from Frontview, I get an error saying that user ID already exists!
Have you created a share with that name?
Yes. The userid is 'chucko', I created a share by that name (can't remember if the capitalization was the same), renamed the share to 'chuckoshare' in an attempt to get the Windows box to access it.
FWIW I'm an experienced user of Linux and Mac systems, but not a sysadmin by any stretch, and my Windows knowledge is laughable.
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