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Star

Mar 26, 2016

New shares requiring username and password

I have half a dozen ReadyNas NV+ units and am having a problem with NAS shares requiring login. For most of my ReadyNas NV+ units I have 4 drives configured in a Raid5 and I use the detault share...

Adding Disks

credentials

File Sharing

Installation & Upgrade

permissions

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Mar 26, 2016

Are you using share security mode or user security mode?

Does the share name match the PC user name or the PC computer name?

Krissos

Star

Mar 26, 2016

Under security I found the following setting

Share. Fit for home or small office. Select this option if you would like to restrict share access with the use of an optional share password. Each user accesses the shares on the device as a common guest user and will have the same read/write privilege as other users. This option supports setting disk quotas on a per-share basis.

	User. Fit for medium-size office or workgroup. Select this option if you would like to control access to shares based on user or group accounts and your network does not utilize a domain controller for authentication. If you select this option, you will need to create a user account for anyone accessing this device. This option supports setting disk quotas on a per-user or per-group basis.

Domain. Fit for department or corporate environment. Select this option if you would like to control access to shares based on user and group accounts and your Windows network utilizes a centralized domain controller or active directory service (ADS) for login authentication. Do not select this option if you are unsure.

and SHARE is the one selected

Krissos

Star

Mar 26, 2016

What I do not understand is why the default shares are accessible and not the share I defined.

JennC

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Mar 26, 2016

Hello Krissos,

Please check the permission settings of the share that you are asking about. See screenshot below:

Regards,

Krissos

Star

Mar 26, 2016

Thanks for your reply

I do not see a guest option

Share Access Restrictions

Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access list(s) below.

		Separate entries with comma
	Hosts allowed access:

Share Display Option

You can hide this share from browsing by selecting the option below. If enabled, users will not see the share unless they explicitly specify the share name in the browse path. Please note that enabling this option will disable access to the share from other file protocols.

Hide this share when a user browses the ReadyNAS for available shares.

Recycle Bin

When enabled, deleted files from this share will be dumped in the Recycle Bin folder in the root of the share where it will be kept up to the number of days and capacity specified.

	Enable Recycle Bin

	Remove files older than:	days
	Limit Recycle Bin to:	MB

Opportunistic Locking

Opportunistic locking (oplocks) can enhance CIFS performance by allowing files residing on this ReadyNAS to be cached locally on the Windows client, eliminating network latency when files are repeatedly accessed.

Enable oplocks for this share.

Default Access is set to Read Write