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WDTV Streaming Read Access rights vs. Admin Write Backup
Greetings, I am trying to determine the best approach to setup my user (and groups if necessary) and permissions on my Readynas102 on OS6 and a WDTV Live Streamming device. I will be using the NAS...
BJB wrote: Per the above....I restricted my "everyone" access on a share and then tried to access it from the PC. As expected a login popped up. I used the same username and password I use to login to the NAS (the "admin" login) and it would not give me access. I also tried to set it up in windows credentials and the same popup would not give me access. There is one popup that asks for the network password for the NAS...I provide the "admin" username and my password, then another popup asks for the "network password" to connect to the NAS. This is the typical windows username pref-filled in and a password box. My password won't get me past this to connect...
I changed SMB security for an RN102-hosted share. Everyone is not checked, admin and one other user are set to read/write.
I can access that share correctly using admin credentials - no password prompt appears.
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