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Hi All i am new to this, i have been reading the manual and googling -- but i am stumped .. on a few things. i have ReadyNAS RN31400 - and using windows 10 sorry for the life of me i every time i...
aegon wrote:
i am not using the default admin credentials, i was unable to connect to the mapped drive with the default admin credentials.
Correct, the default password won't work, though you can use admin credentials after you change the password (which you really should do).
aegon wrote:
when i created the user however i did add it to the admin group, and then i was able to connect to the mapped drive of my new share. (not the one the system created when creating the user)
Same story. Don't use a user in the admin group, and you won't see home or data.
Hi
Sorry for the late reply, been busy sorting all sorts and also reading up on the nas manual lol
1. the home folder i disabled all sharing .. but i can still access it from my computer!! what im i doing wrong?
as you can see the home folder is not shared
i have turned of sharing.
2. the PicsVids folder is created when the user is created, i had to create a user so i can access my share i created speratly and gave this user permisisons to it. but i have no use for the automatically created folder. plus i can access it from my computer -- how is this possible even if its not shared ...
3.. from my computer i can access the data folder and home folder and can successfully map it, which shoudk not be possible right?
4. Oh ok so that is the ReadyNas media server DLNA - is this worth setting up and how? at the moemnt i cannot save anyting to it. I actually created a shared folder anyway, which i can access from my computer, whcih is fine.
your question:
What happens when you enter \\nas-ip-address or \\nas-name in the file explorer address bar?
i see the Data and Home folder - as these are not shared how is this possible?
Appeciate any help with this
Thanks
You are accessing the NAS using it's admin credentials. That is why you see both home and data. If you create a user account, and use it's credentials instead, then you won't see either folder. Since home has sharing turned off, you won't see the user's home folder either.
i am not using the default admin credentials, i was unable to connect to the mapped drive with the default admin credentials.
when i created the user however i did add it to the admin group, and then i was able to connect to the mapped drive of my new share. (not the one the system created when creating the user)
aegon wrote:
i am not using the default admin credentials, i was unable to connect to the mapped drive with the default admin credentials.
Correct, the default password won't work, though you can use admin credentials after you change the password (which you really should do).
aegon wrote:
when i created the user however i did add it to the admin group, and then i was able to connect to the mapped drive of my new share. (not the one the system created when creating the user)
Same story. Don't use a user in the admin group, and you won't see home or data.
Thanks StephenB - really appreciate you helping me out. The more i look into various settngs the more i undersatnd it and you helped a lot too.
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