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PWS442
May 27, 2017Guide
SMB Registered user password to ReadyNAS 314 denied in MAC Finder connection
ReadyNAS 314, version 6.7.4, Mac OS 10.12.5 Recently, the SMB access from Finder to the shares will not take the Registered User password (which I verified is correct in Keychain Access). I have to ...
StephenB
May 29, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Did you update the Mac OS?
If so, you could try turning off client signing using this guide: https://dpron.com/os-x-10-11-5-slow-smb/
You could also try accessing the NAS share using cifs: instead of smb:
PWS442
May 30, 2017Guide
I have the latest slerra 10.12.5, and it is not slow, it just denies registered user access. I will try the cifs connection this weekend. (However, I believe I had problems with that a few years ago.) Is my NAS setup correct? Confused as to why I have Guest ownership and anonymous access set up.
- StephenBMay 30, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Guest ownership and anonymous access are the default settings.
The setup should be working - but I'm not a Mac owner, so my ability to give good advice on OSX is limited.
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