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ReadyNAS to Mac SMB Connection
I just did a full MacOS Big Sur reinstall in my iMac and now my RN214 backups will not connect to the Mac. (Test connectionn to host fails or does nothing). The NAS sees my xxxx-iMac.local as a host ...
Ended up being pretty straightforward. In MacOS Preferences/Sharing, the File Sharing must be clicked ON, and the shared folders to be backuped need to be listed with permissions for whatever user ID you are using.
What I missed was the Options button. Share files using SMB must be clicked on (which it is by default) [In Big Sur OS AFP is no longer an option; it is in older MacOS.] --->> Then in the Windows File sharing section I needed to click the account I'm using (then it asks you your password). That is what makes it work.
It becomes a little cloudy what is going on since that is the same user and password I supply for the NAS backup setup. It looks like the default Mac preference is trying to prevent another Windows server from storing and using your ID/password.
Anyway I am getting my backups going again using the NAS214 to remote access various Mac folders. (using the Windows time stamp method). Thanks for the replies and brain stimulation.
Yes, perhaps I should have worded it differently. I am only talking about NAS or Windows trying to access Mac by SMB. It looks like Mac OS is storing separately the user and password that will allow an outside requested SMB sharing connection.
I found a number of possible terminal command setups but the Mac gui was easier. Without this account button clicked the NAS backup software would not connect to the Mac.
It looks like for the best security you would set up a separate user account on the Mac which the NAS can use and which has share permission to only the file folders you want to back up.
https://osxdaily.com/2011/09/08/share-files-from-mac-to-windows-pc/
LarryMoberly wrote:
It looks like Mac OS is storing separately the user and password that will allow an outside requested SMB sharing connection.
Basically yes. You are saving a credential on the Mac which it is using to allow access to the Mac share. Any device that has that user/password can access the Mac share.
As far as the picture goes, it was helpful. Embedded pictures need to be reviewed and approved by a mod before they are shown, so there is a lag before people can see them in the post.
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