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Remove a folder/share password on RN424
Greetings, I have a Folder on my RN424 that I initially setup with a password just on that folder. It has valuable data in it and I do not want to lose access to it. How do I remove the passwor...
BJB wrote:On all my shares, Network Access shows "Everyone" group, "admin" group, and "admin" individually. 3 checks AND Anonymous is checked. Additionally, my backup share has the account I created called PCAcceXX. Also, allow Anonymous access is NOT checked for the Backup share.
File Access is the same for all my shares. "Everyone" group, "Folder Owner", "Folder Group", "admin" group and "admin" individually.
You can just allow Anonymous access on the backup share, and that should give you the same access rights as the others.
BJB wrote:
But I know the backup program (logged in as PCAcceXX) can write to the folder but it does not have file access?
It does have file access, because "Everyone" includes PCacceXX.
BJB wrote:
Does anonymous not just give read access but read/write to any share where it is checked and basically makes all the other network and file access account permissions moot?
It's a bit more subtle than that.
"Everyone" in the Network Access list means "All NAS accounts". So in your case it would mean admin and PCacceXX (and any other account you set up on the NAS).
"Anonymous" means "accept logins that don't have corresponding NAS accounts". This is also called "guest" access, and there actually is a hidden guest account that the NAS uses when it accepts anonymous login. However, there are a couple of cases where your login will be denied even if anonymous is checked. You'd be denied access to all shares if your PC was set up to use the PCacceXX (or admin) username, but with the wrong password. That's because a username that doesn't exist on the NAS is treated differently from a username combined with the wrong password.
On file access, "anonymous" will give you access when you have "everyone" checked.
BJB wrote:
I have a Folder on my RN424 that I initially setup with a password just on that folder.
You can't quite do that. You can restrict access to the share to a particular user account - and then you'd need credentials for that account for access. The only file sharing protocol that can have a password for a share is rsync.
BJB wrote:
How do I remove the password and make it like my other shares?
Look at the SMB and File Access page for one of the other shares, and then match all the settings on this one. After you change the permissions on the File Access page, click the reset button.
Stephanb ,
Sorry, I may have used incorrect terms.
Long ago I created a folder on my NAS called backup.
I did in fact create a user to access that folder.
So to access that folder on windows or in a backup program, that username and password needs to be entered.
So...to make that go away, I just need to make that folder look like my other ones?
Been a long time since I messed with those settings.
Thanks,
BJB
BJB wrote:
So...to make that go away, I just need to make that folder look like my other ones?
Yes. Just look at the network access (SMB) and file access pages for a share that has the access you want, and write down the settings (or take a screen shot).
Then change the backup share settings to match those, and click on the RESET control on the file access page. The reset control applies the file permissions to every file/folder in the share.
Thanks! I think a light bulb went off. My original thought was on some PC's I backup I would only give access to that one folder...
However the way it has turned out, any PC I backup end up needing access to all folders. So the distinction is lost.
Thanks!
BJB
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