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ReadyNAS NV+ User Permissions oddity
I have a ReadyNAS NV+ with RAIDiator 4.1.8 firmware.
My problem is that I would like to have some shares that are Read-Only for everyone, and Read/Write for me.
I these settings under CIFS:
Default Access = Read-Only
Ticked 'Write Enabled Users'
Entered my username in the 'Write Enabled Users' box
Entered the 'Admins' group in the 'Write Enabled Groups' box (My user account is a member of the Admins group)
Under Advanced permissions:
Share folder Owner: admin
Share Folder Group: admin
Share folder owner rights: Read/Write (This is greyed out anyway)
Share folder group rights: Read/Write
Share folder everyone rights: Read-Only
'Set ownership...' is un-ticked
'Grant Rename...' is ticked
If I browse to the share, I can't write to the share.
If I map the share using the windows 7 GUI (Tools => Map Network Drive) using my own username, I can't write to the share.
If I map the share using net use U: \\192.168.0.24\tv_shows /user:admin (You will notice I'm not specifying a password) then I can cheerfully write to the share. With my own account this does not work.
If I map the share using the windows 7 GUI and specify the admin account, then I do need a password, and I can write to it fine.
So, basically, how do I set up shares on my NAS so guests can access shares with Read-Only permissions and I can access them with Read/Write permissions.
I have tried to find documentation about this, but I have not been able to find any instructions that correspond to the reality of what my NAS box shows me....
My problem is that I would like to have some shares that are Read-Only for everyone, and Read/Write for me.
I these settings under CIFS:
Default Access = Read-Only
Ticked 'Write Enabled Users'
Entered my username in the 'Write Enabled Users' box
Entered the 'Admins' group in the 'Write Enabled Groups' box (My user account is a member of the Admins group)
Under Advanced permissions:
Share folder Owner: admin
Share Folder Group: admin
Share folder owner rights: Read/Write (This is greyed out anyway)
Share folder group rights: Read/Write
Share folder everyone rights: Read-Only
'Set ownership...' is un-ticked
'Grant Rename...' is ticked
If I browse to the share, I can't write to the share.
If I map the share using the windows 7 GUI (Tools => Map Network Drive) using my own username, I can't write to the share.
If I map the share using net use U: \\192.168.0.24\tv_shows /user:admin (You will notice I'm not specifying a password) then I can cheerfully write to the share. With my own account this does not work.
If I map the share using the windows 7 GUI and specify the admin account, then I do need a password, and I can write to it fine.
So, basically, how do I set up shares on my NAS so guests can access shares with Read-Only permissions and I can access them with Read/Write permissions.
I have tried to find documentation about this, but I have not been able to find any instructions that correspond to the reality of what my NAS box shows me....
2 Replies
- Hello
The easiest way to do this is accessing the share with your admin user (creating a local user on your windows 7 machine) and logging on with that. From there you can right click on the folders you want to share and set everyone with read access or the specified users with read access. And for your own user, add that with all permissions (full rights).
What you can do (although be careful about this option) is to go to advanced options on the share and set yourself as owner. What I've done is creating an own group i've called Admins, which me and my wife are members of. Then you can set owner group as Admins, so any user you define in the Admins-group get the same access as you.
Hope this makes some sense :P
Edit: For reference, name your user on the NAS as the same as the one on your windows 7 machine, with the same password on both the machine and the NAS. This will simplify the mapping process as Windows sends your credentials and the NAS interepts those as the same as on the NAS, resulting in direct access. - Many thanks for your reply.
I managed to resolve it by changing some settings in the Advanced tab and then resetting permissions for the owner. It seems a rather counter-intuitive way that they have created the security settings, but never mind, it is now working.
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