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Nov 14, 2018
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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 three folders

 

Music

Pics

Videos

 

This is great. However if I navigate to the same path on my Windows boxes I have a extra folder

 

data

Music

Pics

Videos

 

If I navigate in to the data folder every folder is visible, both hidden and non hidden.

 

It's similar on the xbox/PS4. If I navigate to the NAS I get three folders to search but if I search by folder the entire contents of the data folder is visible.

 

Can this be avoided?

 

Thanks.

 

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    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.

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    StephenB
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    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.

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