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soapbox55
Guide
May 25, 2017
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RN-102 User account cannot access shares over SMB.

I have a ReadyNAS 102 that has a share on it called "Files". The permissions of "Files" are set to allow read/write access to everyone in the user group, the admin account, my local user account (on ...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    May 26, 2017
    soapbox55 wrote:

     

    I attempted to create a new account to test logging in with and it worked with that. Should I attempt to delete my account and re-add it with the same user/pass?

    Sounds like a good next step.

     

    If you use the home folder, make sure you copy the contents first.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
May 25, 2017

Is the NAS in the same windows workgroup as the two PCs?

 

Also, did you try using net use (running cmd)?

net use * /delete

net use t: \\nas-ip-address\FILES /user:username password

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soapbox55
Guide
May 25, 2017

They are both on the same default workgroup, "WORKGROUP".

 

I tried net use * /delete and it returned:

"There are no entries in the list".

 

I tried the second command and got:

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

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