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Hoping you can help me here, please.
I am experiencing problems on some Windows machines when it comes to writing a new file to the NAS.
The NAS is set up on a private internal network a...
Ok. Note that OS 4.1 only supports SMB 1.0, which is being deprecated by Microsoft. So if you have Win10 systems you will either need to manually install the SMB 1.0 client or use NFS.
It sounds like you are already using "user" security mode, and not the older "share" security mode. The share security mode was deprecated quite a while ago, and if you are using it then you should certainly switch to "user". Let us know if that's your situation, we can provide some help on how to switch.
Assuming "user" security mode: If your issues are specific to writing files, then I suggest you begin by resetting the file permissions and owners for the shares. You do this on the share's "advanced options" page in the web ui. First select the "CIFS" button, and then you will see the "advanced options" tab on the far right.
Set the folder owner/group, and the owner/group/everyone rights. "nobody" is ok for the owner, and "nogroup" is ok for the group. I suggest "read/write" for all the rights - these are file permissions, so you can still control access to the share using the network permissions if you like.
Then check both the "Set ownership and permission" box and the "Grant rename and delete" box, and click "apply". The "set ownership and permission" box will immediately clear - that is normal. The operations complete in the background - there will be a notification pop-up when it completes (and it will also be on the log page).
Thanks for the reply and yes, i can confirm the version is RAIDiator 4.1.16 [1.00a043]
Ok. Note that OS 4.1 only supports SMB 1.0, which is being deprecated by Microsoft. So if you have Win10 systems you will either need to manually install the SMB 1.0 client or use NFS.
It sounds like you are already using "user" security mode, and not the older "share" security mode. The share security mode was deprecated quite a while ago, and if you are using it then you should certainly switch to "user". Let us know if that's your situation, we can provide some help on how to switch.
Assuming "user" security mode: If your issues are specific to writing files, then I suggest you begin by resetting the file permissions and owners for the shares. You do this on the share's "advanced options" page in the web ui. First select the "CIFS" button, and then you will see the "advanced options" tab on the far right.
Set the folder owner/group, and the owner/group/everyone rights. "nobody" is ok for the owner, and "nogroup" is ok for the group. I suggest "read/write" for all the rights - these are file permissions, so you can still control access to the share using the network permissions if you like.
Then check both the "Set ownership and permission" box and the "Grant rename and delete" box, and click "apply". The "set ownership and permission" box will immediately clear - that is normal. The operations complete in the background - there will be a notification pop-up when it completes (and it will also be on the log page).
Thank you very much for the in-depth reply but could you please confirm how I would know whether I am in user or share security mode?
Look on the security->security mode page in the web ui. If you see a shared security mode option that is checked, then you are using the shared security mode.
If you don't see the SHARED security mode option (or if the security->security mode page is missing) then you are using user security mode.
Thanks again and the page is missing. I have carried out the rest as per your previous post on the two NAS's and one has reported back the settings changed and the other has now just changed too.
Will give this a try.
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