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mcbmail
Feb 29, 2012Aspirant
Permission Problems on an "open" CIFS share.
We have a ReadyNas 1100 with the following settings: 1. Security Mode: User (in our Workgroup) 2. Users are mainly set up for their own personal storage and quotas. There are some shares that onl...
StephenB
Feb 29, 2012Guru - Experienced User
You check the "set ownership..." box (and also set the owner/group/everyone rights above). Then press apply. This is a command, not a state, so the checkbox will immediately clear. It will reset the permissions on every file and folder in the share in the background, and a pop up will appear when it is done.
mcbmail wrote: Thanks for the reply. I will give that a try for sure. Where exactly do i find that? In the Advanced Options tab for that share i see two possibles. There is the checkbox "Set ownership and permission for existing files..." & "Grant rename and delete privileges to non-owner of files." The latter of which is currently checked.
4.2.x is for the x86 NAS line (ultra and pro).
mcbmail wrote: Also, the appliance is on firmware/OS 4.1.8. I noticed that there is a 4.2.x branch. Is that unavailable to this vintage of hardware?
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