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How-to: Setup multi-Mac backup shares with quotas. Easy.
Over the last couple years, I've been backing up each of my Macs to the default ReadyNAS Time Machine share. It's been OK, aside from having to hack my sparse bundles to stop them from increasing in s...
Well, if the user name is "backup", then you obviously have a problem, since the NAS can't advertise two shares with the same name. So you should probably create a new "backup" user with a different name.
AndersBK wrote: A question regarding:
5.) A folder should show up with the name of the user that you logged on as. That's the user's home folder.
I see no such folder. I log in with my backup user, but the only folders available are the public "backup" and "media" folders. Is this because of updated firmware, or am I doing something wrong? Help would appreciated!
Also, log into frontview, click on "security" then "user and group accounts". Choose "Preferences" from the pulldown in the upper right. Double check that "Private home shares for users" is enabled.
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