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4_star
Nov 14, 2018Aspirant
SMB Hidden Folders are not 'hidden'
Hi,
I'm having a strange issue with hiding folders on my RN102. I have set certain folders to hidden that I dont want visible.
On my linux box if I naviage to smb://nas2.local/ I only get...
- Nov 20, 2018
4_star wrote:
However if I navigate to the same path on my Windows boxes I have a extra folder
data
This is happening because you are using the NAS admin account to access the NAS. If you create a user account on the NAS, and use it's username/password you won't see the data volume.
StephenB
Nov 20, 2018Guru - Experienced User
4_star wrote:
However if I navigate to the same path on my Windows boxes I have a extra folder
data
This is happening because you are using the NAS admin account to access the NAS. If you create a user account on the NAS, and use it's username/password you won't see the data volume.
4_star
Dec 05, 2018Aspirant
Thanks.
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