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RN 102 permissions, unable to create/edit folders
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. I just noticed today that I am unable to create or edit files and folders on my ReadyNAS 102 device. It appears that I am able to access and read/write to the folders internal to the NAS but lost write access to the external devices (3 USB WD MyBook drives). I tried rebooting the NAS, and have looked at the permissions and nothing seems awry. The only recent change is I turned off anonymous access when granting cloud access to a friend earlier this week. I also suffered a power loss during a storm yesterday, but it was brief and nothing suffered any ill effects. I am re-enabling anonymous access to see if that makes a difference, but so far it has not. I have the three external devices mapped as network drives to my PC and when viewing them under File Explorer (Win10 Pro) the options to delete, make a new folder, rename, etc are all grayed out. Same if you right-click. Has anyone experienced this or know what else I should check? I have SMB enabled on all and the only change was the anonymous access. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Solved: Drive defaulted to read-only until it could be read and checked by the default OS after the power failure. Scanned and repaired the drive and now it is good to go.
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After some more testing, the access issues are only affecting one external device. It appears the issue also affects my access through ReadyCLOUD and the Admin portal also. When I attempt to create a folder on the root or in a subfolder ReadyCLOUD and the Admin portal both give me the option to name the new folder, but no folder gets created after the refresh. I am able to create and rename folders and files on all other internal and external drives. The access permissions for this particular drive are the same as the rest and I can read and play any files on the affected drive.
Solved: Drive defaulted to read-only until it could be read and checked by the default OS after the power failure. Scanned and repaired the drive and now it is good to go.
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