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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...
schultzter
Apr 30, 2015Aspirant
Thanks everyone, those answers make sense.
They're not easily visible through the web interface, so I don't know which UID's they are occupying unless I telnet into the NAS and look at the passwd file.
StephenB wrote: I am not understanding how they complicate your life, since you don't need to create matching users on any other machine.
They're not easily visible through the web interface, so I don't know which UID's they are occupying unless I telnet into the NAS and look at the passwd file.
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