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Permissions over Network
Hello, I am having trouble with my ReadyNAS Duo V2. I can do anything I want to from the WinXP computer that originally put the files on it, but not with other computers on my network. The ReadyN...
If you don't see security mode (and it isn't there on your frontview screen shot), then you are in user security mode. It also appears that the only user set up on the NAS is the built-in admin account.
Also, XRAID gives your single disk redundancy, which is the mode you are wanting. Putting in old windows drives with data on them will NOT preserve that data. So DON'T try that.
The procedure I posted above will restore ownership, and it tells you what accounts to enter (nobody/nogroup). Given your configuration, your ownership issues will likely recur (even if you do a factory reset). The simplest workaround is to use Windows Credentials (control panel app) to set up the windows PCs to use the NAS admin account when they access the NAS. That is simple to do. You can also set up users on the NAS - one for each PC, matching the windows logon and the windows password. I'd go with windows credentials myself.
On your main question:
(a) You can of course copy off your data and do a full factory reset. Then recreate the shares and reinstall any addons. You can do a factory reset with your existing drive from Frontview (there is a factory default tab on the system\update screen).
Personally I delete any partitions in Windows when I am reusing old (formatted) drives and doing a factory reset. That returns them to an unformatted state. The NAS will automatically do a factory install if you start it up with unformatted drives. If they are formatted, then it sometimes will do that, other times it will show you "corrupt root" in RAIDar. There is a way to force the reset (without using frontview) - pushing the right buttons- , but I find it cumbersome on the 2-bay units with no LCD screen. So I just delete the partitions first, and avoid that.
(b) If you don't want to bother with the reset (and as far as I can see it is not needed), then first run the procedure I posted above. If you want raid redundancy, then hot-insert a new drive into bay 1 (that is, the existing empty slot). It needs to be at least 500 GB and and no larger than 2 TB. Wait for that to resync. If you use a larger drive, you will not see any more space until you replace your old drive with one of the same size. Hot-swap that second drive.
There is no need to reformat used drives if you hot-insert. Whenever you insert a drive into a running ReadyNAS, the NAS will format it. (So don't do that unless you want that to happen!).
Also, XRAID gives your single disk redundancy, which is the mode you are wanting. Putting in old windows drives with data on them will NOT preserve that data. So DON'T try that.
The procedure I posted above will restore ownership, and it tells you what accounts to enter (nobody/nogroup). Given your configuration, your ownership issues will likely recur (even if you do a factory reset). The simplest workaround is to use Windows Credentials (control panel app) to set up the windows PCs to use the NAS admin account when they access the NAS. That is simple to do. You can also set up users on the NAS - one for each PC, matching the windows logon and the windows password. I'd go with windows credentials myself.
On your main question:
(a) You can of course copy off your data and do a full factory reset. Then recreate the shares and reinstall any addons. You can do a factory reset with your existing drive from Frontview (there is a factory default tab on the system\update screen).
Personally I delete any partitions in Windows when I am reusing old (formatted) drives and doing a factory reset. That returns them to an unformatted state. The NAS will automatically do a factory install if you start it up with unformatted drives. If they are formatted, then it sometimes will do that, other times it will show you "corrupt root" in RAIDar. There is a way to force the reset (without using frontview) - pushing the right buttons- , but I find it cumbersome on the 2-bay units with no LCD screen. So I just delete the partitions first, and avoid that.
(b) If you don't want to bother with the reset (and as far as I can see it is not needed), then first run the procedure I posted above. If you want raid redundancy, then hot-insert a new drive into bay 1 (that is, the existing empty slot). It needs to be at least 500 GB and and no larger than 2 TB. Wait for that to resync. If you use a larger drive, you will not see any more space until you replace your old drive with one of the same size. Hot-swap that second drive.
There is no need to reformat used drives if you hot-insert. Whenever you insert a drive into a running ReadyNAS, the NAS will format it. (So don't do that unless you want that to happen!).
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