Hey guys, just upgraded to 5 rc2 from 4.7 pro.. everything went smooth, can see all the directories on the drives via the console..  the problem is i cannot access the drives via Windows Explorer like i used to.  All my data seems to be intact, i just cannot view the stuff on a windows machine. What am i missing here?

Have you run the "New permissions" script? - in the web UI under "Utils"

 

It will take a while, but you should only need to do it once.

if you ran the permission script, then everything should be owner = nobody group = users

If you have something else, run the permission script again

 

hey guys, not at home now but did run the script.. i noticed in the release thread it said about re-booting the windows computer which i did not do.. I will try and post back tonight.. thanks guys.

hey guys, ran the script again, a couple times and still no joy.  I rebooted my computer, even added another user, changed the shares to public, still cannot get to drives in windows explorer. It says  cannot access, you do not have permission to access \\media\hdmovies.

 

any help would be much appreciated, can't figure it out.

hey guys, ran the script again, a couple times and still no joy.  I rebooted my computer, even added another user, changed the shares to public, still cannot get to drives in windows explorer. It says  cannot access, you do not have permission to access \\media\hdmovies.

 

any help would be much appreciated, can't figure it out.

 

Double check the workgroup on both the Windows and unRAID computers...

my workgroup is named Lan, under SMB setting on the Unraid box, it is set to Yes (workgroup) and  Workgroup:LAN  Local Master:Yes.

my workgroup is named Lan, under SMB setting on the Unraid box, it is set to Yes (workgroup) and  Workgroup:LAN  Local Master:Yes.

 

Are you saying that on your Windows computer, the workgroup is named "Lan" and on the unRAID computer, the workgroup is named "LAN"?  If this is the case, change one or the other so that they are the same.  That be sure that it is either "LAN" or "Lan".  Windows used to be forgiving on capital vs small letters but Linux is not.

Frank,

 

sorry i mistyped, it is LAN on both my network and the Unraid setup.. this thing is killin me.

Did you remove the 4.7 users and re-enter the users and passwords?

I didn't, I tried to hit remove but it didn't work.  Is that where you do it from the console or are you talking about removing a password file or something. 

I also added a test username and that didn't work either.  I can add users but cannot delete my 4.7 users.  I also tried to set up the share as a public and it didn't work either..  im obviously missing something simple, any more ideas?

I also added a test username and that didn't work either.  I can add users but cannot delete my 4.7 users.  I also tried to set up the share as a public and it didn't work either..  im obviously missing something simple, any more ideas?

 

Stop and read the upgrade instructions for upgrading from 4.7 to 5.0.  You need to remove some password files, and then re-enter yor users.  I think you jumped over this step and are causing this situation.

that did it, thanks man!!!

where do i go to change the title of the thread to solved?

Go to your initial post and choose MODIFY, then you can change the title to add [sOLVED]

where do i go to change the title of the thread to solved?

 

It is explained here if you read it all -  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10103.0

 

Modify original topic to change title.

Done! 

 

You guys are awesome, thanks for everything.  Now I have my files back, phew!!