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User share access for a simple Windows workgroup

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I have a few Windows PCs (Win XP through to Win 7) and have two user accounts setup on each of them. The 'user' local account for normal run of the mill usage of the PC and 'admin' local account for full admin access to the local PC(s).

I want to set my unraid share to that people using the 'user' login in Windows only gets read only access to the share, while those how log in using the 'admin' account gets full read/write access. Is this possible and if so, how can I set this up? I'm using 4.5.3 Pro.

Yes, this is possible.  You'll need to be using user shares (not disk shares) and you'll need to set up 'user level security' on you unRAID server.  Leave the default 'root' user as it is, then add two more users like this:

 

Username: admin

Password: whateveryouwant

 

Username: guest

Password: [leave blank]

 

Once this is done, go to your 'shares' page and change your 'user shares export mode' to 'read-only'.  Then, on each user share, add an exception for 'admin'.

 

Now go to each of your PCs and attempt to connect to your unRAID server - Windows will prompt you for a username and password.  If you are logged into the PC as admin, then log into the unRAID server as 'admin' + 'password'.  If you are logged into your PC as user, then log into the unRAID server as 'guest' (with no password).  In each case, check the little checkbox to 'remember this username and password'.

 

Let me know if you run into any trouble.

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Hi Rajahal, thanks for the instructions. I'll try them out and let you know how I go.

 

Yes, this is possible.  You'll need to be using user shares (not disk shares) and you'll need to set up 'user level security' on you unRAID server.  Leave the default 'root' user as it is, then add two more users like this:

 

Username: admin

Password: whateveryouwant

 

Username: guest

Password: [leave blank]

 

Once this is done, go to your 'shares' page and change your 'user shares export mode' to 'read-only'.  Then, on each user share, add an exception for 'admin'.

 

Now go to each of your PCs and attempt to connect to your unRAID server - Windows will prompt you for a username and password.  If you are logged into the PC as admin, then log into the unRAID server as 'admin' + 'password'.  If you are logged into your PC as user, then log into the unRAID server as 'guest' (with no password).  In each case, check the little checkbox to 'remember this username and password'.

 

Let me know if you run into any trouble.

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Hi Rajahal, these steps worked great. Thanks for your help.

 

Hi Rajahal, thanks for the instructions. I'll try them out and let you know how I go.

 

Yes, this is possible.  You'll need to be using user shares (not disk shares) and you'll need to set up 'user level security' on you unRAID server.  Leave the default 'root' user as it is, then add two more users like this:

 

Username: admin

Password: whateveryouwant

 

Username: guest

Password: [leave blank]

 

Once this is done, go to your 'shares' page and change your 'user shares export mode' to 'read-only'.  Then, on each user share, add an exception for 'admin'.

 

Now go to each of your PCs and attempt to connect to your unRAID server - Windows will prompt you for a username and password.  If you are logged into the PC as admin, then log into the unRAID server as 'admin' + 'password'.  If you are logged into your PC as user, then log into the unRAID server as 'guest' (with no password).  In each case, check the little checkbox to 'remember this username and password'.

 

Let me know if you run into any trouble.

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