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bboytorun
Apr 13, 2016Aspirant
mac can't access shares on RN10400 and password lost/forgotten.
Hi, I have four shares on my ReadyNas and I can see them on SMB connection. Worked fine until yesterday. Now, when I click on any one of the shares, I get a message "The operation can’t be com...
StephenB
Apr 13, 2016Guru - Experienced User
You can try an OS reinstall - that resets the IP configuration dhcp, and resets the admin password to "password", It should not affect other settings or data.
Pages 23-24 of the hardware manual describe the procedure: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/RN%20OS%206%20Desktop%20HW%20UM_15Oct2013.pdf
Did you check if the IP address of the Nas changed?
JennC
Apr 13, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello bboytorun,
Welcome to the community!
You may see this article How do I recover a lost or forgotten administrator password on my ReadyNAS OS 6? to access admin page again.
Once you are in, verify if the SMB is enabled for Videos, then check the permission settings of this share.
Regards,
- bboytorunApr 14, 2016Aspirant
Thank you. I've done it all, worked well. Then had to update firmware. Now restarting. More than 30 minutes passed and still restarting. Any suggestions?
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