Just recently bought a readynas duo V2, mainly as a mediacenter solution for my mac. I'm a IT Tech myself and have some experience with NAS from before. but this NAS is bugging me with super annoying permission problems that I don't understand....1. When I use transmission on torrents, only transmission can do "cleanup files and delete data". When i map \\192.168.115.134 and try to move or delete files, I get an error that sais I'm not permitted to do so. That means i have to COPY, files over to the right folders to rename - then use transmission to delete.... very stupid.2. I've copied a lot of music from this computer to the NAS into the media/music folder. I thought then about to rename them, and put them in right folders, to make the filestructure good to PLEX mediacenter. I get another error message on MOST of the files that sais that I need to make user "NAS/Nobody" permitted to do this... that's some of the funny part. not all files is involved here - even that all files were dumped in one copy-paste operation on the NAS.- I have a compatible Harddrive on the NAS.- Have tried a factory default- have tried SSH PUTTY CHOWN on the media folder before factory default- in the interface "Everyone" is permitted to Write/read.- I can't change ownership through windows 7->security->advanced->owner->local user.What the heck is wrong with this box? I'm only gonna use it for the SIMPLEST thing ever which is filesharing to my home network... :roll: any tips before I throw this thing out of the window, and return all 5 I ordered to our store to my distributor?and no - I don't care about the security within my LAN - If theres any way to turn of ALL security features in the box I'll be more than happy.I've NEVER experienced such behaviour with either Synology or even D-link.Sorry for being angry - but I've wasted 20hours of my life now on this. :cry:

thewizard wrote:Just recently bought a readynas duo V2, mainly as a mediacenter solution for my mac. I'm a IT Tech myself and have experience with NAS from before. but this NAS is bugging me with super annoying permission problems that I don't understand....This should be super simple but it's not...1. When I use transmission on torrents, only transmission can do "cleanup files and delete data". When i map \\192.168.115.134 and try to move or delete files, I get an error that sais I'm not permitted to do so. That means i have to COPY, files over to the right folders to rename - then use transmission to delete.... this is after what I see a common problem 2. I've copied a lot of music from this computer to the NAS into the media/music folder. I thought then about to rename them, and put them in right folders, to make the filestructure good to PLEX mediacenter. I get another error message on MOST of the files that sais that I need to make user "NAS/Nobody" permitted to do this... that's some of the funny part. not all files is involved here - even that all files were dumped in one copy-paste operation on the NAS.- I have a compatible Harddrive on the NAS.- Have tried a factory default- have tried SSH PUTTY CHOWN on the media folder before factory default- in the interface "Everyone" is permitted to Write/read.- I can't change ownership through windows 7->security->advanced->owner->local user.- I have tried to connect to the share in different ways, through different users.What the heck is wrong with this box? I'm only gonna use it for the SIMPLEST thing ever which is filesharing to my home network... :roll: any tips before I throw this thing out of the window, and return all 5 I ordered to our store to my distributor?I've NEVER experienced such behaviour with either Synology or even D-link.Are NetGear experienced enough to deliver NAS solutions...?Sorry for being angry - but I've wasted 20hours of my life now on this. :cry:

thewizard wrote:Just recently bought a readynas duo V2Can you confirm from reading How to tell whether I have a Duo v1 or Duo v2 or NV+ v1 or NV+ v2 that it is a v2?thewizard wrote:I get another error message on MOST of the files that sais that I need to make user "NAS/Nobody" permitted to do this...Nobody is the guest user. You should be logged in as a user not as a guest. thewizard wrote:- have tried SSH PUTTY CHOWN on the media folder before factory defaultUsing chown and chmod ownership and permission settings for existing files can be changed.Can you check the ownership and permissions of the problem folder (note paths are case-sensitive so use the paths as you find them on your NAS) e.g.ls -la /media/Music/thewizard wrote:- I can't change ownership through windows 7->security->advanced->owner->local user.Permissions are not controlled that way. It's a Linux box not a Windows box.

Problems here too.I'm using readynas duo v2(yes it is v2) with windows laptop and macbook. I can create a new file/folder BUT i can't cut/copy/paste/delete/rename the existing files/folders (within the NAS). Also for some reason some subfolders are completely unaccessable, i get a message that i don't have permission.Also i have created a folder for backing up with time machine. A few days ago I formatted and reinstalled ios on my macbook and since then I can't backup any more on that folder.(No i haven't changed accounts or passwords.My raidiator version is 5.3.3. which is also strange because on site i see that the latest version is 5.3.2......Any suggestions?

From within the netgear configuration page, the problematic folders, don't allow me to change th "share access" and other settings at the right (browse tab)

Same devise (radiator 5.3.3), same troubles.I have created "music" share and have full access to it, but I am unable to copy to subfolder say music/rock. It is possible to create a subfolder manually from admin panel before copying to it, but this is very stupid if I want to copy many subfolders. And yes, I am also unable to control share access of any subfolder form admin panel as well. I understand this is Linux (and I am not Linux guy), but hey, I could copy to my Asus HD2 mediaplayer before without any subfolder permission problems. So this is not linux, this is something wrong...

Readynas DUO v2 - Lost access to files

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tomeinar
Aspirant
Apr 17, 2012
...and from your earlier response, this 4.1.8 functionality will also be available for the v2 version in the 5.3.5 firmware upgrade. Is this correct?
evan2
NETGEAR Expert
Apr 17, 2012
Yes, we will add advanced permission setting for the v2 version in 5.3.5.
gn00347026
Guide
Apr 19, 2012
Better to add
"Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders in this share to the above settings. This option is useful in cases where you are changing security levels and need to workaround file access problems."
tomeinar
Aspirant
Apr 20, 2012
I thought that was what they were going to add....
arildang
Aspirant
Apr 21, 2012
evan wrote:
Yes, we will add advanced permission setting for the v2 version in 5.3.5.

When is this coming? And is the FTP service issue for Iphone remote solved on this one?
willy134uk
Aspirant
Apr 24, 2012
hi when is the new fw coming and would also like to know if the ftp problems for android will be fixed as i cant access mine from phone and ive tried the addon thats ment to sort this but doesnt
evan2
NETGEAR Expert
Apr 24, 2012
We released Bata yesterday, 5.3.5 will add all services (CIFS, AFP, NFS, FTP, ReadyDLNA, Rsync, UPnP, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP)
tomeinar
Aspirant
Apr 24, 2012
Sweet! That might restore my faith in this product :D Thanks for the update evan!!!
willy134uk
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2012
sounds great thanks evan :D

Just updated looks gd so far just need to play with the ftp as ive logged in but theres no folders there
systpro4
Aspirant
Jun 13, 2012
I have a ReadyNAS NV+ V2 with Radiator 5.3.5 and have transferred all my data from my old ReadyNAS NV+ to this one.
My old ReadyNAS is already gone, and now I want to make a new directory on my new ReadyNAS from my Windows 7 laptop, but I get the following message:
"You need permission to perform this action"
I get the same message when I want to add a file to an existing folder.
When I try to delete a file I get the following message:
"Network access is denied. Be sure you have the correct network permissions to perform this operation.

I have default read-write access for all shares for all users, and did not mark my user as read-only.
I have checked the box for "Automatic Permissions", and all 4 "Folder Creation..." and "File Creation..." boxes show "Read/Write".

I have even pushed the "Reset Permissions" button on the bottom of the settings-page.

I have tried to log on as admin from my laptop, but it remembers my userid, and doesn't ask for it, so I can't change it.

I moved all my data from my old ReadyNAS to my new one via Backups Jobs (letting the old NV+ v2 backulp all my files to the NV+ v2).
I don't remember what setting I used for the option "Changer ownership of backupfiles", but maybe that that has something to do with it?

Anyway, how do I get read/write access to all my shares and all my files again?

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