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Want to name share 'sys'
Hi,
Just taken my new ReadyNAS out of it's box and going though configuration. Need to create a share named 'sys'. After I click Apply on the Add shares page I get this message:
Invalid name or illegal characters detected in name. Name is limited to alpha-numeric, underscore _, dash -, dollar sign $, and period characters, and must start with an alpha character. Name cannot contain ''-snap'' and name cannot be used by an existing user account. [sys]
Security mode is 'share'.
Your help on this greatly appreciated.
Mike
Just taken my new ReadyNAS out of it's box and going though configuration. Need to create a share named 'sys'. After I click Apply on the Add shares page I get this message:
Invalid name or illegal characters detected in name. Name is limited to alpha-numeric, underscore _, dash -, dollar sign $, and period characters, and must start with an alpha character. Name cannot contain ''-snap'' and name cannot be used by an existing user account. [sys]
Security mode is 'share'.
Your help on this greatly appreciated.
Mike
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- sys is a reserved user account on the system:
Epsilon:~# 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::/home/admin:/bin/false
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/var/local/:/bin/false
backup:x:1000:65534::/c/backup:/bin/false
media:x:1001:65534::/c/media:/bin/false
ReadyNAS:x:96:65534::/var/lib/timemachine:/bin/true
Protected:x:1002:65534::/c/home/Protected:/bin/false
USB_FLASH_1:x:1003:65534::/tmp:/bin/false
reports:x:1004:65534::/tmp:/bin/false
USB_FLASH_2:x:1005:65534::/tmp:/bin/false
addons-config:x:1006:65534::/tmp:/bin/false
Software:x:1007:65534::/tmp:/bin/false
Any particular reason the share has to be called 'sys'? - The ReadyNAS is to be backup server, the main server has a share 'sys'.
Would the security mode set to 'User' make a difference? Any way to disable or rename the sys reserved user account? mwpole wrote: Would the security mode set to 'User' make a difference?
No.mwpole wrote: Any way to disable or rename the sys reserved user account?
No.
Generally, I put all of my backups under the 'backup' share and then create an appropriate sub-folder (in your case, it might 'sys' or hostname\sys).dbott67 wrote: mwpole wrote: Would the security mode set to 'User' make a difference?
No.
Whilst that's true, I'd still recommend migrating to user mode as share mode is EOL'd (End of Life'd) due to not being supported by new OSes. Take a look at How to Migrate to User Security Modedbott67 wrote: Generally, I put all of my backups under the 'backup' share and then create an appropriate sub-folder (in your case, it might 'sys' or hostname\sys).
An alternative would be to create a share called e.g. "sysbkup".
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