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Share requires network credentials - what those?
I have a (now quite venerable) ReadyNAS NV+ working merrily away, mostly as a DLNA media server. From my Windows 8.1 laptop, I can map drives to the default media and backup shares quite happily an...
Let me explain the rights system.
You have two sets of rights, one for the system (windows user or linux chown/chmod rights) and the rights on the share (samba, FTP...). The most restrictive of the two applies. Share rights are typically configured on the NAS web interface and that's what windows calls network credentials.
If you have that password, you can try to prepend "NAS-NAME\" before the user when entering the credentials on windows. For example, MyNAS\Admin instead of Admin.
Hope it helps.
You have two sets of rights, one for the system (windows user or linux chown/chmod rights) and the rights on the share (samba, FTP...). The most restrictive of the two applies. Share rights are typically configured on the NAS web interface and that's what windows calls network credentials.
If you have that password, you can try to prepend "NAS-NAME\" before the user when entering the credentials on windows. For example, MyNAS\Admin instead of Admin.
Hope it helps.
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