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Must enter username/password to access NAS
Hello, I have 3 PC machines running Windows. With 2 of them I do not need to enter an username/password when accessing the network drive through explorer. On one of the machines, which is comple...
There is a tick box in the shares tab on the configure panel, that says 'allow anonymous access' if that is ticked, it should give access to anyone without credentials. I just sorted this out for myself, so perhaps that was the issue for you too.
C:\Users\Daniel>whoami
daniel-dator\daniel
I see, so maybe I was trying to login using this username.
I had a quick look on my wife's PC that is also using Windows 7 and does NOT require her to login. (she can see all folders on the NAS)
There were no records in the windows credential manager, and running whoami returned: "mari-hp\mari" which i find a little strange since I only have one user registered in the NAS right now called "user". (I've never had any users before I registered "user") So, why she is still able to see all folders without getting a login dialogbox is still a mystery.
daniel-dator\daniel
I see, so maybe I was trying to login using this username.
I had a quick look on my wife's PC that is also using Windows 7 and does NOT require her to login. (she can see all folders on the NAS)
There were no records in the windows credential manager, and running whoami returned: "mari-hp\mari" which i find a little strange since I only have one user registered in the NAS right now called "user". (I've never had any users before I registered "user") So, why she is still able to see all folders without getting a login dialogbox is still a mystery.
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