user name already exists - readynas NVX

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jeremykennedy wrote:

No, I don't have SSH enabled . . . . I always read the disclaimers that enabling SSH on there was bad. :)

 

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They can and likely will deny support if you do damage with the command line.  If that were to happen, you'd need to do a factory default procedure and restore the data from backup.

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jeremykennedy wrote:

 

I can give it a go though.  I don't know any linux however.  Is there a list of commands that can show the users?  And assuming it can see them from the command line . . how can I see them in the GUI so that I can assign permissions?

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I was thinking you could begin by simply getting a list of the user groups and accounts.

If you use a mac, then you'd connect to the NAS with terminal.  Otherwise you'd use an application called putty.  You log in as root, using the admin password.

You see the full list of users and groups by entering cat /etc/passwd

The cat command just lists a file (in this case /etc/passwd).

On my pro 6 (running 4.2.31), it looks like this:

PRO:~# cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/var/local/:/bin/false
bin:x:2:2:bin:/var/local/:/bin/false
sys:x:3:3:sys:/var/local/:/bin/false
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/var/local/:/bin/sync
man:x:6:12:man:/var/local/:/bin/false
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/local/:/bin/false
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/local/:/bin/false
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/var/local/:/bin/false
avahi:x:20:20::/var/local/:/bin/false
messagebus:x:21:21::/var/local/:/bin/false
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/local/:/bin/false
sshd:x:40:65534::/var/local/:/usr/sbin/nologin
statd:x:41:65534::/var/local/:/bin/false
ftp:x:97:97::/home/ftp:/bin/false
mysql:x:44:54:MySQL Server,,,:/var/local/:/bin/false
admin:x:98:98::/c/home/admin:/bin/false
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/var/local/:/bin/false
backup:x:1000:65534::/c/backup:/bin/false
ReadyNAS:x:96:65534::/var/lib/timemachine:/bin/false
...

Every share will also be included in the list.  Note that means that you can't create a user account if the username matches an existing sharename.  If Andrea and the other problematic accounts don't show up, then there must be some other issue, and you should post back.

The command to delete a linux user is userdel.  For instance 

# userdel Andrea

Obviously you want to be really careful when running that command.

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jeremykennedy wrote:

how can I see them in the GUI so that I can assign permissions?

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Once the stray account is deleted, you should be able to create a new one from the GUI and manage it.