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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 o...
sys is a reserved user account on the system:
Any particular reason the share has to be called 'sys'?
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'?
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