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Leland80
Apr 14, 2014Aspirant
Time Machine, multi-user, with quotas. Best solution?
The “out-of-the-box” Time Machine setup (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22810) is good for a single-user environment, but keep in mind that any user who can make backups, can also acces...
arikalish
Apr 29, 2014Apprentice
I also had trouble when I had the vol size limit line set. With that line, the built-in time machine support and the per-user settings didn't show up on my machines. Removing that line brought them both back. I was then able to turn off the built-in time machine support.
Is there a way to set it so that time machine is only valid for certain users? I create per-machine accounts for time machine in addition to the per-user accounts and don't need the user accounts to have time machine support. I was using this method on my Ultra 4 with 4.2.26, but the .AppleVolumes file isn't supported any more in 6.x and netatalk 3:
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=59974
Is there a way to set it so that time machine is only valid for certain users? I create per-machine accounts for time machine in addition to the per-user accounts and don't need the user accounts to have time machine support. I was using this method on my Ultra 4 with 4.2.26, but the .AppleVolumes file isn't supported any more in 6.x and netatalk 3:
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=59974
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