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setting up custom shared folders for windows users
I have had my readynas with OS 6.X for some time. i was lazy and getting head aches trying to figure it out. but i decided its time i actually use it to its potential. i have stuided the user manual,...
CMoney408 wrote:
can someone help with a step by step for creating a hidden shared folder that only a single "user" (carlos) can see and access/edit?
If you just need one of these, you can use the private folder for the user (carlos in your case), and not create a share at all. Admin and Carlos could access it, but no one else could access it (or see it).
Hi CMoney408,
Here are some helpful articles that may help you create a specific folder for that user.
Step by step in making a Hidden Folder
How to enable home folder on ReadyNAS OS 6 system?
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Thank you guys for the tips.
those KB articles are way to simple. i have the 253 page manual, which is just a collection of kb articles. i know how to hide a shared folder. i know the definition of "folder owner, Folder group" , etc" but i dont know what they importance/necessity is (what do they actaully do/mean; how should they be used)?
in my own digging i now at least realize my confussion lies within the "File Access" tab. for all folders i gave User "Carlos" and group "Admins" read/write. but i am not sure if that is overkill (do i only need to check box for user or only for groups, or both?). would just checking the box for Group "admins" be enough? what does folder owner/folder group mean? i set it to Carlos and Admins, respecively for every folder (both shared and private).
i am confused on the proper way to give permissions and proper way to correlate a user to a shared folder through windows (how to tell NAS which user is accessing a folder from a given computer in my house). though i think i have figured most of it out now.
again, thank you guys for your tips. i am new at this and it can become pretty frustrating for myself.
The idea behind groups is that you can easily assign the same access to everyone in the group. For instance, instead of a shared "friends" account, you could have created a separate account for each friend, and put them all into the friends group. Then use the group name instead of the users in the group when you are setting up permissions.
General guidance - it is usually better to set the access up in "network access" and leave "file access" full read/write. If you don't have write network access, the system won't let you write files no matter how the file access is set.
Here's another kb article that has an example that might help. http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26051/~/readynas-os-6%3A-setting-sub-folder-permissions-in-user-security-mode
that was the first detailed kb article i have come across. thank you! though, from a newbie it just seems like the most unintuitive way to accomplish the final goal. i dont see how i was supposed to know all that. not your fault, just the way it is i guess. so it seems it would be easier (for someone lke me) to just create 2 separate folder in the root, correct? one for teachers (read/write) and one for students (read)?
I was having issues when trying to set up access/permissions using "network access". my pc would not be able to write to shared drives (though i could map and read) even though i mapped them using user: readynas\carlos (which is an admin and has read/write proviledge in network access". thats when i started playing with the "File access" tab and noticed i was then able to write in folders i had created.
to test another folder. i have created a folder titled "Music".
file access tab:
Folder owner: guest (default)
Folder group: guest (default)
Everyone: read/write
admin :read/write
all other users/groups: unchecked
Network Access tab- SMB:
admins (group): read/write
friends (group): read
admin (user): read/write (default, cannot uncheck)
with the above settings. on my pc (connected as readynas\carlos), i will have read/write correct? on my spare pc in the living room i will map it as readynas\friends, which will allow me to map and see\read (not edit) the folder, correct? is this a proper example of the way to setup a folder that you recommend?
any other windows computer that joins the network (a friend brings a laptop over) will see my readynas under the "Network" section of windows explorer. if they click the readynas, they will see that a folder "Music" exists, but what will happen if they click on the music folder? does it not open. or would it then request him to put in a username/password (which i could give him the "friends" credentials i have created?
if i select "everyone" readwrite , on the network/smb tab does that mean its open to anyone on my network. again, a friend brings his latop over, clicks readynas in windows explorer, click "music" folder and he can now read/write without any prompts/logins?
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