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dsmiller
Jun 29, 2015Aspirant
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 h...
StephenB
Jul 08, 2015Guru - Experienced User
"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.
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.
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