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Root access permissions
I have been having issues with permissions on one share. In an effort to correct the problem, I inadvertently changed the owner of share, and can no longer access the data in the share, nor do I now have permissions to change the share owner. I tried changing the owner permission in Frontview>Shares>Share Listing>CIFS (for the share in question)>Advanced Options. I set the Shared Folder Owner to admin, and the Share folder group to users, with the permissions all set to Read/write. I checked the Set ownership and permissions check box and clicked Apply. I got a message back saying Share contents ownership and permissions changed to match the share, which I assumed meant that the owner of the root had been changed. But, the owner still was not reset, and I still cannot access the share. On a Windows 7 Pro client, the owner for that share says Unable to display current owner. Any ideas?
My other share is still working fine.
My device is a ReadyNAS NV+, vs. 4.1.14.
Thanks,
My other share is still working fine.
My device is a ReadyNAS NV+, vs. 4.1.14.
Thanks,
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- Try
Shared Folder Owner = admin
Share folder group = admin
or
Shared Folder Owner = root
Share folder group = root - Thanks for the reply. I tried both admin-admin, and root-root, but neither worked. The ownership and permissions on the contents of the share may have been changed, but the ownership of the share itself is not changing. Any other ideas?
- This has worked for me in the past. Are you using "share security mode"???
Did you also try
Shared Folder Owner = nobody
Share folder group = nogroup
Also, did you disconnect/reconnect to the NAS when the ownership change completed? - Thanks for the suggestion. I am using the Domain security Mode. 'nobody' was not allowed for the group permissions so tried 'nobody' for owner and 'admin' for group, with no luck.
- "nogroup" was the suggestion for group permissions. However, Domain security might be the real culprit here.
Not sure if you tried mapping the "C" volume to a drive letter (which you can do with NAS admin credentials). Then you could try right-clicking on the folder and setting the owner.
But I'd You install EnableRootSSH from here (http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203) and fix it manually. You need the Sparc download. You install it as if it were a firmware update. Afterwards you can use Putty (or equivalent) to log in via ssh. Logon is "root", the password is NAS your admin password. Then cd /c/ and you can adjust the permissions with normal linux commands. - Ah yes! Now I can see that I didn't read StephenB's previous post correctly. I tried it again using 'nobody' and 'nogroup'. Still no success.
I did try mapping the share to a drive letter using the NAS\admin credentials, but it wouldn't connect.
I'll have to see if I'm brave enough to try the last suggestion.
Thanks for you help. - The failure to connect might also be related to domain security.
But sometimes you need to enter "net use * /delete" in a command window before you map the drive. Also, try both the NAS name and its IP address (windows treats them as different machines).
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