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geoldr
Dec 01, 2014Tutor
Setting up a guest account? 6.2.0
Hi everyone I am trying to setup anonymous guest access to my ReadyNAS 102 on 6.2.0 I have a share called "Documents" which has read/write access to 'Everyone' and has the boxed checked to allow...
StephenB
Dec 02, 2014Guru - Experienced User
Generally this happens when the windows account happens to have the same username as an account on the NAS.
By default, Windows presents its username/password to the NAS when you access it. If the username exists on the NAS and the password doesn't match, then Windows prompts for a user/password. That happens even if guest access is enabled for the share.
There are two "fixes" -
(a) enter a credential for the NAS in the windows credential manager.
(b) use the same password on the NAS and the Windows PC for that account.
By default, Windows presents its username/password to the NAS when you access it. If the username exists on the NAS and the password doesn't match, then Windows prompts for a user/password. That happens even if guest access is enabled for the share.
There are two "fixes" -
(a) enter a credential for the NAS in the windows credential manager.
(b) use the same password on the NAS and the Windows PC for that account.
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