DZMM Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 My family are starting to use my VMs, so I need a fullproof way that will ensure they don't get the dreaded 'You require permission from nobody to make changes to this file" message - I can't keep running the New Permissions tool everyday. Note: this is not a problem with CP or Sabnzbd - these are personal files. I've read a post that seems to say the problem is because of different usernames between windows and Linux and the two getting confused about which username successfully accessed a folder. Can someone please say what is the correct way to ensure that: User X-1 in Windows can permanently access their User X-2 files in Unraid i.e. where the usernames across the two don't match, but both belong to the same person. Thanks Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 I'm sharing how I finally solved this in case anyone else has this problem. Solution: delete all credentials from 'Windows Credentials' and then create unique usernames for each user in unRAID that aren't the same as Windows ones. Quote Link to comment
betaman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I'm sharing how I finally solved this in case anyone else has this problem. Solution: delete all credentials from 'Windows Credentials' and then create unique usernames for each user in unRAID that aren't the same as Windows ones. So then you have your family members use the unRAID login credentials on the Windows machine to connect to your server? I was thinking of doing this for my FireTV's and Popcorn Hour units so I can control access better. I've also been reading up on ransomware and this has me a bit paranoid as well (i.e. using the same login with r/w permissions to my server). Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 See this thread for some insight into how this is supposed to work. 1 Quote Link to comment
betaman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thanks...that post explains a lot! Quote Link to comment
DZMM Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 See this thread for some insight into how this is supposed to work. I read that which gave me the inspiration to try unique usernames as the tips in the post didn't work for me. Quote Link to comment
technomancer__ Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 10/24/2016 at 4:41 PM, trurl said: See this thread for some insight into how this is supposed to work. I tried logging out and back in again and it still doesn't work. I am logged in with user george that has read and write permissions Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Go to Windows Control Panel - Credential Manager and delete any Unraid credentials so they can be renegotiated. Also, see this "sticky" pinned near the top of this same subforum for other ideas: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/53172-windows-issues-with-unraid/ Quote Link to comment
FrozenGamer Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 10/24/2016 at 5:41 AM, trurl said: See this thread for some insight into how this is supposed to work. How do i convert or find the linked threads.. a lot of my searching has dead ended because i can't go to the link... or are these links no longer applicable? Quote Link to comment
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