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How to securely connect to ReadyNAS NV+ v2? (SSH? FTPS?)
I'm about to get a ReadyNAS NV+ v2, which I will connect to remotely most of the time (I'll put this thing at home, and access it from my office). Therefore I would prefer to have a secure connecti...
Here's the SSH add-on: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/arm/5.3/EnableRootSSH_1.0-arm.bin
Do pay heed to the warning:
Username is 'root' not 'admin' and password should be set by default to your admin password.
On Mac or Linux use the Terminal. In Mac OS X this is found under Applications > Utilities Terminal
On Windows, download the free PuTTy app and use that to connect.
You can simply change the 'root' password though:
Do pay heed to the warning:
NetGear wrote:
With the EnableRootSSH add-on, you can now remote login to the ReadyNAS RAIDiator shell as a root user. Initial password for root will be the same as the current FrontView admin password. Please keep in mind that NETGEAR may deny support if you’ve enabled root access.
Username is 'root' not 'admin' and password should be set by default to your admin password.
On Mac or Linux use the Terminal. In Mac OS X this is found under Applications > Utilities Terminal
ssh root@ip.address.of.nas
On Windows, download the free PuTTy app and use that to connect.
You can simply change the 'root' password though:
MDGM-NAS:~# passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
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