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HappyBovine
Jul 31, 2024Aspirant
NAS logs says window user connects successfully, but windows says they dont have permission
We have a ReadyNAS 4220, which we have synced our accounts from our AD server to. We have a user that can't access the shared folders on the NAS. We can connect to the root of the NAS on her account ...
HappyBovine
Jul 31, 2024Aspirant
StephenBthis user can connect to the root folder on the NAS, but any of the folders under that give a permission error. However we only gave her access to one of these folders, so this is expected behaviour for all the other folders.
Her home directory is not on this NAS, as this is only a secondary storage location on our network, only used by some users.
StephenB
Jul 31, 2024Guru - Experienced User
HappyBovine wrote:
StephenBthis user can connect to the root folder on the NAS, but any of the folders under that give a permission error. However we only gave her access to one of these folders, so this is expected behaviour for all the other folders.
Did you try resetting the file permissions on that share? That will recursively re-apply the permission settings to every file/folder in the share.
- HappyBovineAug 01, 2024Aspirant
StephenB I just tried that now, and we are still getting the same error.
- SandsharkAug 01, 2024Sensei - Experienced User
AD access is not something I've done, but it looks to me like something is wrong on the computer end, not the NAS. I see no reason "desktop.ini" should be involved. Have you compared the messages for this user to another that has proper access?
ReadyNAS (and other Linux based systems) sometimes have issues with credential passed from a Windows host in a non-AD configuration. It often comes up when the NAS user name is the same as in Windows but the password is not. I would think that issue wouldn't happen in AD, but it could be related.
You may get more information, or even a solution, if you use a command prompt and NET USE to connect to the NAS share. You may need to issue a NET USE * /DELETE first to clear out the previous failed attempt. That'll also de-activate any other mapped drives on other servers the user may have, so you'll have to set them up again.
On my own PC's I have a batch file that maps all my shares using NET USE because I was running into the issue I mentioned above. That could be a non-elegant solution here, too.
- HappyBovineAug 14, 2024Aspirant
Just wanted to update this as I've been a bit busy.
When they have a window open, the NET USE command shows the same path for their connection. The delete command didn't work when I tried that.
I then tried removing and readding her permissions on the NAS. Now, when she tries to connect to that folder, she gets a windows authentication prompt for her credentials, which then tells her she doesn't have access to this folder. She can still connect to the root folder of the NAS, and open the other folders which we don't have restrictions on, but this one folder with restrictions she is still unable to get into.
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