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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.
Thank you StephenB!!
Now I'm starting to understand.
I checked the workgroup, it was the same on all computers.
Then I checked the network connection and noticed that my computer (daniel) was set to "home network" while my wife's computer (mari) was set to "public network".
And that makes sense. Her computer was able to see the folders as it had guest access. (And all my shared folders allowed anonymous access) Wow! I would never have imagined that the network connection played a role.
I did try to change the network connection on my wifes computer from public to home but I was still able to access the NAS without having to log in. So I restarted the NAS for it to reset any cached IPs / session cache but nothing changed. I also verified that the credentials manager was empty.
Just for fun, I logged into the NAS admin and opened the settings for one of my shared folders. In there I disabled "anonymous access". I was still able to access the folder from my computer but my wife wasn't!! :-) She could see the folder but she couldn't access (browse) it.
I don't understand why she can still access the folders as if she's an anonymous user now that I changed the network from public to home but I'm guessing some settings may be cached or that something else is playing a role. I'm sure that if I did reinstall Windows on her computer it would no longer display the folders as if she is an anonymous user.
This thread should be a sticky :-) I'm sure a lot of people may have this problem and not understand why.
Thank you!!
Now I'm starting to understand.
I checked the workgroup, it was the same on all computers.
Then I checked the network connection and noticed that my computer (daniel) was set to "home network" while my wife's computer (mari) was set to "public network".
And that makes sense. Her computer was able to see the folders as it had guest access. (And all my shared folders allowed anonymous access) Wow! I would never have imagined that the network connection played a role.
I did try to change the network connection on my wifes computer from public to home but I was still able to access the NAS without having to log in. So I restarted the NAS for it to reset any cached IPs / session cache but nothing changed. I also verified that the credentials manager was empty.
Just for fun, I logged into the NAS admin and opened the settings for one of my shared folders. In there I disabled "anonymous access". I was still able to access the folder from my computer but my wife wasn't!! :-) She could see the folder but she couldn't access (browse) it.
I don't understand why she can still access the folders as if she's an anonymous user now that I changed the network from public to home but I'm guessing some settings may be cached or that something else is playing a role. I'm sure that if I did reinstall Windows on her computer it would no longer display the folders as if she is an anonymous user.
This thread should be a sticky :-) I'm sure a lot of people may have this problem and not understand why.
Thank you!!
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