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Invalid Shares
Hi All, I have a head scratch of a problem here A client's netgear nas has recently been playing up and share folders seem to be hit and miss. I have one folder shared out but it is hidden ...
MattForte wrote:
All Credentials are removed from the Server. I have even tried browsing from workstations that have never browsed that NAS and its the same isssue. Again, both user accounts display the same results. The backup account is just a 'User' with no admin privaliges, and as i have said previously this is the first and only NAS that has ever done this.
I agree it's very strange. Maybe try resetting the NAS admin password, and see if that has some effect on the behavior.
MattForte wrote:
But a few days later the Home share was visable again, and a folder share called 'Data' both appear to be system related folders. The Data share appears to have net folders such as ._share, .apps, .purge, .timemachine.
What this means is that you are accessing \\NAS using the NAS admin credentials. If you do that, you will see the full Data volume (your "Data" folder) and "home". If that is undesirable, you need to look in the windows credential manager, and either delete or edit any stored credentials for the NAS.
You should also be seeing all the shares in the Data folder. Are you?
StephenB wrote:
What this means is that you are accessing \\NAS using the NAS admin credentials. If you do that, you will see the full Data volume (your "Data" folder) and "home". If that is undesirable, you need to look in the windows credential manager, and either delete or edit any stored credentials for the NAS.
Hi Stephen,
All my NAS setups are the same (~120 or Netgear NAS units, either the RN 102 or 212 models), One share which is hidden, Home user share disabled/hidden with two user accounts, the default admin account and a 'Backup' account.
Both user accounts have the same issue, when authenticaing to the NAS in windows it shows these two directories which have never appeared before. Surprisingly sometimes hitting refresh will show no directories, hitting refresh again will show the same direcotires.
You should also be seeing all the shares in the Data folder. Are you?
Correct, clickiing inside the the Data Folder shows the share names which are accessaible
This is the first NAS which is showing these directories
MattForte wrote:
Both user accounts have the same issue, when authenticaing to the NAS in windows it shows these two directories which have never appeared before. Surprisingly sometimes hitting refresh will show no directories, hitting refresh again will show the same direcotires.
Well, again - check the credentials that the PC is using when accessing the NAS. If you see data and home in the share list, the NAS is being given admin credentials.
StephenB wrote:
MattForte wrote:Both user accounts have the same issue, when authenticaing to the NAS in windows it shows these two directories which have never appeared before. Surprisingly sometimes hitting refresh will show no directories, hitting refresh again will show the same direcotires.
Well, again - check the credentials that the PC is using when accessing the NAS. If you see data and home in the share list, the NAS is being given admin credentials.
All Credentials are removed from the Server. I have even tried browsing from workstations that have never browsed that NAS and its the same isssue. Again, both user accounts display the same results. The backup account is just a 'User' with no admin privaliges, and as i have said previously this is the first and only NAS that has ever done this.
MattForte wrote:
All Credentials are removed from the Server. I have even tried browsing from workstations that have never browsed that NAS and its the same isssue. Again, both user accounts display the same results. The backup account is just a 'User' with no admin privaliges, and as i have said previously this is the first and only NAS that has ever done this.
I agree it's very strange. Maybe try resetting the NAS admin password, and see if that has some effect on the behavior.
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