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Permissions to backed-up data (rsync)
After figuring out how to create an rsync job earlier this year using the Backup facility, my ReadyNAS 516 successfully backs up several TBs daily to an older ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition on the same...
Go into "shares" in frontview, then select the specific share. Click on the "advanced options" tab on the far right.
Set the owner/group as needed (nobody/nogroup works), then select "read/write" for the three rights pulldowns underneath.
Check the box next to Grant rename/delete.
Then check the box next to "Set ownership and permission for existing files".
Now press "apply" on the bottom right. After a while a pop up will be displayed saying that the process is complete.
Usually this happens because you have users (or groups) on the new NAS that either don't exist at all on the old one, or which have different UIDs/GIDs. You should create those accounts (or modify the UID/GID).
Another way this can happen is if the share on new NAS has the default owner of "guest". Unfortunately the UID of guest doesn't match on the old and new NAS lines, and there is no way to fix this. A workaround is to change the owner/group on the new nas to "admin/admin" - which does match, and still allows the share to be available to all.
Set the owner/group as needed (nobody/nogroup works), then select "read/write" for the three rights pulldowns underneath.
Check the box next to Grant rename/delete.
Then check the box next to "Set ownership and permission for existing files".
Now press "apply" on the bottom right. After a while a pop up will be displayed saying that the process is complete.
Usually this happens because you have users (or groups) on the new NAS that either don't exist at all on the old one, or which have different UIDs/GIDs. You should create those accounts (or modify the UID/GID).
Another way this can happen is if the share on new NAS has the default owner of "guest". Unfortunately the UID of guest doesn't match on the old and new NAS lines, and there is no way to fix this. A workaround is to change the owner/group on the new nas to "admin/admin" - which does match, and still allows the share to be available to all.
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