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Ripperoo
Feb 05, 2020Aspirant
New Share Folders - What Settings For PLEX?
I've just updated my ReadyNAS Ultra 4 Plus to firmware v6.10.2, due to my newer Samsung TVs not being able to see Plex. The ReadyNAS is only used maily for serving movies, music etc around the ho...
- Feb 06, 2020
Just tried copying some folderrand files over as a test and the Owner is still NAS-8B-C8 despite the name being changed to ReadyNAS.
I wonder if it needs a reboot?
It's been up 1 day 7 hours and I cannot remember shutting it down after changing the Host Name.
UPDATE!
That what it was after all the fannying about I've been doing today!
Thanks for the info guys!
Gotta accept my own post as a solution now, which makes me feel like a right numpty!:smileyindifferent:
StephenB
Feb 06, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Ripperoo wrote:
I certainly don't remember seing anything unfriendly like NAS-8B-C8\admin in the Owner column in Windows Explorer.
NAS-8B-C8 must have been the hostname of the NAS. If you'd changed it to ReadyNAS now, then that's what Windows should be showing you.
Ripperoo
Feb 06, 2020Aspirant
Just tried copying some folderrand files over as a test and the Owner is still NAS-8B-C8 despite the name being changed to ReadyNAS.
I wonder if it needs a reboot?
It's been up 1 day 7 hours and I cannot remember shutting it down after changing the Host Name.
UPDATE!
That what it was after all the fannying about I've been doing today!
Thanks for the info guys!
Gotta accept my own post as a solution now, which makes me feel like a right numpty!:smileyindifferent:
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