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schultzter
Apr 29, 2015Aspirant
Why is a user created when creating a share
I'm trying to do some clean-up on my home computers, and I noticed on my ReadyNas Duo v1 (RAIDiator 4.1.14) that for every share I've created a corresponding user has been created. However the sha...
mdgm-ntgr
Apr 29, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
It would prevent you from creating a user with that username on the NAS. If you created a user with the same name as a share it would cause config issues as you couldn't have a private home share with the same name as the ordinary share.
I agree with EskenderNG. I would not delete the user.
I agree with EskenderNG. I would not delete the user.
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