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ReadyNas OS 6 FTP lacking admin user
Hi,
I'm using 6.1.8 official on my new RN314.
I'm struggling to give specific rights to admin user on FTP shares.
1) I can't add admin user to Videos (auto created by OS618) FTP acces
2) If I create a new share I have the same behaviour EDIT : on some folders (!!) and some not
admin users show up on smb + afp access list.
Thx for your ideas.
I'm using 6.1.8 official on my new RN314.
I'm struggling to give specific rights to admin user on FTP shares.
1) I can't add admin user to Videos (auto created by OS618) FTP acces
2) If I create a new share I have the same behaviour EDIT : on some folders (!!) and some not
admin users show up on smb + afp access list.
Thx for your ideas.
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- Hi,
anybody managed to give admin FTP access to default VIDEOS share?
Thx - Hi,
since this forum is a ghost of itself, I resorted to tech support but I wasn't given any case number...
Very friendly chat and indeed this is not possible but they have no confirmation why.
I first suspected the admin user (close to root) is "prevented" to access the NAS via FTP but can't find anything in ProFTP config files.
Also for some mysterious reason admin does show up in a couple shares FTP config.
Is there any Jedi reading this at all? - I always access the RN102 with FTP using admin as the user, and have had no problem.
Though I am not using the default shares, I deleted "VIDEOS"
What FTP client are you using? - Hi,
I use Winscp.
The thing is I can't even get admin to display in the list of users "allowed" on FTP.
Can you "see" admin on your shares FTP setting tab?
It doesn't show up there. Though I have "everyone" checked.atz6975 wrote: The thing is I can't even get admin to display in the list of users "allowed" on FTP.
Can you "see" admin on your shares FTP setting tab?- Well I guess unless we get Jedis looking at this, it is going to stay as it is because support didn't create a ticket for it.
Thx anyway. - You can likely work around this by editing /etc/frontview/proftpd/shares.conf
You can do that w/o SSH if you download the configuration zip to your pc, and edit the file with notepad++ (you need an editor that preserves linux newlines, notepad won't). Then update the zip, and upload it to the NAS. - If you edit the file that way the changes may be lost e.g. on a reboot. Updating the sqlite3 database might help or chattr +i /etc/frontview/proftpd/Shares.conf to make it read-only (though if you need to make changes via the Dashboard you would need to chattr -i the file, then make your changes in the Dashboard, then reapply the custom changes you want, then chattr +i /etc/frontview/proftpd/Shares.conf again.
- Funny you both mention that because I did try to add admin to conf but I didn't succeed to make it work...Maybe a typo.
Did you really managed to do it that way??
Shall I contact support and "force" them to file a bug ?
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