Hi, hopefully someone can shed a light on my issue.  I changed my IP address to static so it wouldn't get a new address from the DHCP pool.  I even set it outside the pool I setup on my router.  Prior to this everything was working great.  I'm new to Unraid as I just set it up a couple days ago.  Not new to networking as my day to day job is a admin tech.

 

I've spent the last couple hours trying to diagnose this and now I'm reaching out for help.   

- Updated "Windows Credentials" to the new address

- Enable SMB is set to: Yes (workgroup)

- I can ping my NAS, can access by computername, and can access it via the new IP address

- I went so far as to change the "Server Name".  Media Server name changed in Unraid v 7.0.1.  If I hover over the name it shows the new IP address.   W10 pc recognizes the name change but still won't let me access it.  It was at this point I assumed something was wrong in Unraid.

 

I searched the forums before posting.  I found a number of other somewhat related posts but nothing where the IP address was changed.

Thanks!

 

 

Did you create a user in Unraid? 

 

root user is only for webUI and command line. 

@trurl

 

Yes, I set a Shares Access user on day 1.  There's root and user I setup for myself.  I thought, what the heck.  Deleted my local user and set it up just like before.    I can now see my NAS via File Explorer! 

 

Huge thanks to you!  I'm curious thought.  What was it with my user that was affecting this?

 

Thanks!  

1 hour ago, imprezd said:

Yes, I set a Shares Access user on day 1.  There's root and user I setup for myself.  I thought, what the heck.  Deleted my local user and set it up just like before.    I can now see my NAS via File Explorer! 

 

I seem to recall another very similiar problem a while back.  I read your solution and the solution to that problem was quite similiar.  I have a couple of questions that might shed some light on what is going on.  You said you deleted your 'local user'.  Did you do both on the Unraid server and in Windows Credential Manager or just one of these?

Are using Windows Credential Manager or are you logging in each time you access the server? 

4 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

 

I have a couple of questions that might shed some light on what is going on.  You said you deleted your 'local user'.  Did you do both on the Unraid server and in Windows Credential Manager or just one of these?

Are using Windows Credential Manager or are you logging in each time you access the server? 

Up until trurl's reply I had only deleted the "local user" from Windows Credential Manager.  Even though trurl's response didn't say to delete the "local user", it gave me enough ammo to try something else.  Low and behold that worked! 

I'm using Windows Credential Manager.  I just removed both entries.  I'm going to reboot to see if anything changes.

  

10 minutes ago, imprezd said:

I'm using Windows Credential Manager.  I just removed both entries.  I'm going to reboot to see if anything changes.

  

 

As expected, I now have to log in each time.  

 

I really wish I could explain it.  Hopefully if someone sees this in the future and is having the same issue, delete/recreate your local user and make sure the entries in Windows Credential Manager are set correctly..

 

3 hours ago, imprezd said:

As expected, I now have to log in each time.  

 

What exactly do you mean with this statement?   Are you getting a prompt for just a password, or are you getting a prompt for a login name (Share Access user name) and a password?  

 

Windows Credential Manager should being handling the login process to your Unraid server seamlessly without any need for any action on your part completely in the background.

51 minutes ago, Frank1940 said:

 

What exactly do you mean with this statement?  

 

In my earlier post I said I was going to remove all entries from Windows Credential Manager and reboot.  It was needless testing trying to duplicate the error I originally posted about.  Yes, I had to enter both the u/n and password to log in.  As soon as I put the entries back into WCM, I was back in business.  Again, just trying to duplicate the error and hoping to determine what caused it in the first place - why simply deleting and recreating my user fixed the problem.

My questions were an attempt to solve the same problem.  Your login information is being stored in two places.  By Windows Credential Manager and by Unraid in three files (  passwd     smbpasswd    shadow     ) in the  /config   directory on your flash drive. (As Unraid is booting up, I believe these three files are  copied from the flash to a ram disk as a part of its initialization.)   There have been a couple of instances where a corrupted flash drive has prevent these files from being properly written to it.  I do not know where Windows Credential Manager stores its files except somewhere in one of the Windows system folders.

 

Figuring where and what is causing the problem requires some very careful detective work.  Mainly because Unraid will log in your PC using 'guest' credentials if a login fails for any reason.  (Complete aside-- that is a security risk but I know why Unraid is still permitting it.  There still folks who are still trying to run Unraid using 2010 security practices and/or have hardware with firmware from back then that will run SMBv1.)   Once that happens, your PC has its one allowed connection (a Windows restriction not an Unraid one) to your server and any attempted login will fail with a error message that gives no clue as to the real problem!  You then have to either reboot your PC or run this command from the command prompt---   net use * /delete    ---and that is often more hassle than a reboot.

 

 

Edited March 17, 20251 yr by Frank1940