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superandrea
Nov 11, 2012Aspirant
Problem with New Backup Job in FrontView
I have browsed every possible place, there are a couple of look-alike subjects on the forum but none gives a solution for the following problem: "the source path is invalid. please check the path and...
CaseyH
Nov 28, 2012NETGEAR Expert
Superandrea,
Login to your ReadyNAS GUI via https://READYNAS-IPAddress/admin
Click Services
Click Standard File Protocols
Click the box next to FTP
Change Authentication Mode from Anonymous to User
Click Apply in the bottom right corner of the web page
Click on Shares
Click on Share Listings
Click on the paper icon under FTP for your USB share
Change Default Access to Read/Write
Click apply bottom right of web page
Use an FTP program to connect to the ReadyNAS or from linux/os X command line (windows doesn't seem to allow me to change permissions from the command line)
Login as a admin
You should now be able to see the files and reset permissions on them
Login to your ReadyNAS GUI via https://READYNAS-IPAddress/admin
Click Services
Click Standard File Protocols
Click the box next to FTP
Change Authentication Mode from Anonymous to User
Click Apply in the bottom right corner of the web page
Click on Shares
Click on Share Listings
Click on the paper icon under FTP for your USB share
Change Default Access to Read/Write
Click apply bottom right of web page
Use an FTP program to connect to the ReadyNAS or from linux/os X command line (windows doesn't seem to allow me to change permissions from the command line)
Login as a admin
You should now be able to see the files and reset permissions on them
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