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Roaders
May 16, 2015Aspirant
Trying to get my backup software to access all home folders
Hi All I am trying to setup CloudBerry backup to backup my NAS to Google Drive. it seems like a fairly good bit of software but I am having some issues getting it to backup home folders. I have ...
EskenderNG
May 16, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello,
I believe you cannot setup the device as you proposed. In fact if you could access another user’s home share with a different user’s account it would contradict the concept of a private home share.
However, you can create a backup job on the ReadyNAS admin page that backups all home shares to a remote location.
As a last option you could try using the ReadyNAS admin account in your software. This should work however be aware in a general sense of security this is not the best option.
Bye,
Eskender
I believe you cannot setup the device as you proposed. In fact if you could access another user’s home share with a different user’s account it would contradict the concept of a private home share.
However, you can create a backup job on the ReadyNAS admin page that backups all home shares to a remote location.
As a last option you could try using the ReadyNAS admin account in your software. This should work however be aware in a general sense of security this is not the best option.
Bye,
Eskender
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