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ReadyNAS Pro 4 login prompt for public/guest shares?
I've had a ReadyNAS Pro 4 (firmware 4.2.27) on my home network for quite a few years. I have no reason to worry about security so I left all the shares set to CIFS Guest (which I think is the same as "Public Access" when you're initially adding the share). Over the years with various versions of Windows I was always marginally annoyed that I was prompted for a username/password anyway (username guest, no password), but I never bothered to try to figure out how to fix that.
But now, my wife, who is a bit less technically oriented, needs access to the device -- ideally the top level so she can see all shares --and I'd really like for it to "just work". I don't want to mess around with user-based permissions and I don't want to map drives, I just want her to be able to click a desktop shortcut to \\NAS\ and get to her files.
Is this possible with a Windows / ReadyNAS setup?
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mcguirev10 wrote:
But now, my wife, who is a bit less technically oriented, needs access to the device -- ideally the top level so she can see all shares --and I'd really like for it to "just work". I don't want to mess around with user-based permissions and I don't want to map drives, I just want her to be able to click a desktop shortcut to \\NAS\ and get to her files.
Is this possible with a Windows / ReadyNAS setup?
Yes. Just enter the NAS username/password into windows credential manager.
BTW, if there are no credentials saved in windows, then when you access the NAS, windows will initially present the windows logon to the NAS. If that account exists on the NAS (but has a different password), then the those credentials fail, and windows reprompts. Even if the share is fully public, a logon attempt with the wrong password fails.
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