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Aspirant

Dec 21, 2015

Windows 10 Permission Restriction

Hello All. I have a ReadyNAS 102 setup, it has 5 shares. 2 out of the 5 are open to anonymous access (basic music shares, etc..). The other 3 are restricted to users I created in the ReadyNAS u...

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StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Dec 21, 2015

addicted2code wrote:

The point of the credentials is each user has their own login and folder to use and the login to the Windows 10 system is the same for all (generic login).

That may be your goal, but that is not the way Windows works. It can only use two credentials for each network resource at a time (one using the name, one using the IP address). It doesn't matter if you use the credential manager or not. If you want different NAS accounts for each user, then you need to have a different windows login for each one.

addicted2code

Aspirant

Dec 21, 2015

That may be your goal, but that is not the way Windows works.  It can only use two credentials for each network resource at a time (one using the name, one using the IP address).

Thanks for the feedback. I undertand credential manager is limited to two; I don't necessarily need Windows to remember the credentials (and actually don't want it to), I just want it to prompt me and validate against the NAS. I've seen this in enterprise networks and it works fine on Windows 7 and Linux terminals.

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 21, 2015
addicted2code wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I undertand credential manager is limited to two;

It's not just the credential manager, it is windows itself.

For instance, if you open CMD and enter

C:\> net use * /delete

C:\> net use y: \\nasipaddress\testaccount /user:testaccount testpassword

C:\> net use z: \\nasipaddress\admin /user:admin adminpassword
System error 1219 has occurred.

Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more
than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the
server or shared resource and try again.

The credential manager is not involved - user/password are explicitly provided in the above commands. If you have an open connection to the NAS that uses username X, then Windows won't let you open a second connection to the NAS that uses username Y.

And Windows doesn't free the connection right away when you exit the file explorer window either. So when user X finishes, user Y often ends up with X's connection logon unless X logs out.

So I think you will need to give up on the single shared logon on the Windows PC to get what you want.
- addicted2code
  Aspirant
  Dec 21, 2015
  Understood, thank you. Regardless of trying to use multiple logins or one through a single Windows login; the original issue itself of even trying to access the share still doesn't work (regardless of a stored session or not). But only on Windows 10. Any thoughts on what I can look into for that?
  - BrianL2
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Dec 21, 2015
    Hi addicted2code,
    
    Was the Win10 PC on the same workgroup name? After executing the netuse command in CMD, you have to wait at least a minute or two before attempting to access the restricted ReadyNAS shares using one of the users. Also rebooting the said PC will help.
    
    Kind regards,
    
    BrianL
    NETGEAR Community Team