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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 for both backup of local PC's and streaming of video and pictures to a WDTV streamer.
I have things setup and working at default. Of course default means the streaming device could write back and copy/move/delete files...not good.
And also, it displays my backup folders also. The WDTV currently logs in as "Anonymous". I believe (although I am not certain) the first time I logged in I provided my overall NAS admin login password but I am not certain.
Currently no users or groups are setup. Of course I have my admin login to get to the readynas.
I would like seamless read/write access to the readynas from my networked PC's. The WDTV will accept a new logon and I assume "see" whatever the readynas lets it.
Is the correct strategy to setup a new user called say "WDTV" and just provide read access to the shares that I want it to see? That way, my backup folders, etc. will not be seen by the streamer. Also, it will not be able to write to it. Although I assume once I do that, the little file markers it creates to handle it's "resume" playing function might no longer be able to be created so I might lose that functionality. As far as a tradeoff, I can live with that.
Then, do I need to setup another user for my PC network or can I just leave that as it is??? It just "sees" the NAS and I can read/write to it without issue.
I fear if I setup an "admin" user then I will have to provide passwords etc. within the home network. Or once I setup the WDTV user will it then need me to setup say an admin user to continue to provide that full access.
In addition to the above user(s), do I need to setup any groups?
I am sure if I start using the android app or cloud app my attitude might be different. But I am not going there yet.
Thanks in advance for any tips you can provide.
BJB
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 for both backup of local PC's and streaming of video and pictures to a WDTV streamer.
I have things setup and working at default. Of course default means the streaming device could write back and copy/move/delete files...not good.
And also, it displays my backup folders also. The WDTV currently logs in as "Anonymous". I believe (although I am not certain) the first time I logged in I provided my overall NAS admin login password but I am not certain.
Currently no users or groups are setup. Of course I have my admin login to get to the readynas.
I would like seamless read/write access to the readynas from my networked PC's. The WDTV will accept a new logon and I assume "see" whatever the readynas lets it.
Is the correct strategy to setup a new user called say "WDTV" and just provide read access to the shares that I want it to see? That way, my backup folders, etc. will not be seen by the streamer. Also, it will not be able to write to it. Although I assume once I do that, the little file markers it creates to handle it's "resume" playing function might no longer be able to be created so I might lose that functionality. As far as a tradeoff, I can live with that.
Then, do I need to setup another user for my PC network or can I just leave that as it is??? It just "sees" the NAS and I can read/write to it without issue.
I fear if I setup an "admin" user then I will have to provide passwords etc. within the home network. Or once I setup the WDTV user will it then need me to setup say an admin user to continue to provide that full access.
In addition to the above user(s), do I need to setup any groups?
I am sure if I start using the android app or cloud app my attitude might be different. But I am not going there yet.
Thanks in advance for any tips you can provide.
BJB
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StephenB wrote: guest is the default owner the RN102 uses. (it has the same uid as the linux "nobody" account).
My shares are set to admin/admin. So it might be useful to try that.
BTW, though the choices are typed, they are checked - you should get an error if you type a non-existent user or group.
Well we are trying here. Changed them to admin. Got the same prompts...the initial "windows security "network prompt" that says "enter your password to connect NAS-name" that asks for username and password. THEN, I get another "windows security" "enter network password" box...this is the traditional windows account box that allows you to enter a password for "PCname/admin" which is the WINDOWS login. It also offers me to use another account if I want, again, just like a windows login. Now I have no windows password but at this box, neither leaving it blank works, or admin with a blank password, nor using the readynas admin login info works. It is almost like I am getting a double-authentication login. It is like it accepts the first login, but won't let me past the second.
Ironic....my 104 just showed up so going to backup the 102 and swap out my hard drives.
BJB- Thought I would share the solution in case others have this issue. After an excellent support call with Netgear....excellent....
they confirmed that using admin on 2 of my computers behaved just as I described above.
We setup another user and just gave access to the folders I wanted restricted to THAT user and then I could browse those folders on the PC and since the streamer was only accessing via anonymous, then it still did not see them.
Not sure why admin does not work. It might be again because my PC's do not have a logon or password for the default user which IS the admin user...
Hope this helps someone else.
BJB
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