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Theo1956

Aspirant

Feb 13, 2017

Solved

new user folder not visible in Home folder

i have created two accounts (Theo and the other is Joy) with the same specs, but i only see one in the home folder, whats wrong? OS 6.6.1, windows 10 desktop and ios 10 tablet

home folder

New User

not visible

ReadyNAS OS 6 on Legacy models

Theo1956
Feb 14, 2017
I didnt delete or renamed it, i never saw a folder with Admin, but after a restart of the NAS the folder Joy was created

bedlam1

Prodigy

Feb 14, 2017

Theo1956you seem to be missing a home folder named "admin" which is placed there by the system,

did you rename it Theo or delete it ? Bad idea if you did

Theo1956

Aspirant

Feb 14, 2017

I didnt delete or renamed it, i never saw a folder with Admin, but after a restart of the NAS the folder Joy was created

Sandshark
Sensei - Experienced User
Feb 14, 2017
While the home folder for admin shows up on my 6.6.0 NASes, it does not on those running 6.6.1. In fact, there isn't even one there when I look via SSH.

Is this a bug, or is this Netgear telling us it's a bad idea to use that directory? If it's intentional, what about those who upgrade to 6.6.1 and that directory isn't empty?
- bedlam1
  Prodigy
  Feb 14, 2017
  I have an admin user on my legacy Pro 4 running 6.6.1, which was set up by the system
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 18, 2017
    All home user folders (including admin) are created when you first log in using that user's credentials using SMB. If you don't ever do that, then they aren't created.