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How to set password on the "media" folder?
Hi I'm 100% new to network sharing, and have skimmed through the FAQ without understanding what to do. How do I set a password for my files in the preset media (and backup) folder? I could acces...
As well as users, you can assign users to "groups". The access rights for these groups can then be tuned for specific shares.
In the scenario your describing you'll probably want to allow "guest" access to the share where your media resides over CIFS. This will allow any client on the local network to see and access the files. Then you can put the group that your user belongs to into the "write enabled users / write enabled groups" section and set the default permissions for that share to read-only (at the top). So the PS3 should in theory be able to see and stream content, but not change anything. Other users will then need to supply credentials to "write" changes to that share if you specify individual users, or groups of users if you specify a group which a user belongs to.
In the scenario your describing you'll probably want to allow "guest" access to the share where your media resides over CIFS. This will allow any client on the local network to see and access the files. Then you can put the group that your user belongs to into the "write enabled users / write enabled groups" section and set the default permissions for that share to read-only (at the top). So the PS3 should in theory be able to see and stream content, but not change anything. Other users will then need to supply credentials to "write" changes to that share if you specify individual users, or groups of users if you specify a group which a user belongs to.
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