Hello, I have been using unraid for about 2 years now. I have been the only one needing to access all shares on my network, so i have never needed to create any user profiles (only login as "root") or needed to set the security of any share to anything but public.

I am building an unraid server for my buddy and his family and he will need to create different users and set certain shares to private. I am testing this on my server first, and have created a test profile called "liz" with password set to "password", and have created a share called "Liz Folder" with security set to private.

My issue is when I try to access the Liz Folder, I get a prompt from windows (win10) for credentials. When i enter "liz" and "password" i am still denied access to the folder. What am i missing here to get access to the folder?

Thank you.

 

Edited December 10, 20178 yr by chronicvader

You might be experiencing some SMB issues introduced by recent updates of Windows 10.
A few things that seem to solve issues:

• Clear any existing server connections via command line.
  Related how to: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/556001
   
• Clear any related saved credentials in Windows Credential manager.
  Related how to: https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/services/nexus/nexus-troubleshooting-guide/clearing-cachedsaved-windows-credentials
   
• Add the unraid server to the Windows HOST file.
  Related how to: https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/modify-your-hosts-file/

 

Edited December 11, 20178 yr by tjb_altf4

Has this worked for you? I'm experiencing this issue as I'm typing this...

Try accessing the share using the IP address instead of TOWER. That way Windows sees it as a new server and you can enter different credentials.

If that doesn't work, try the troubleshooting links above.

On 12/10/2017 at 4:25 PM, chronicvader said:

have created a test profile called "liz" with password set to "password",

 

 

I just tried the same thing with the latest Win 10-64 and no problems except I created a user, not a "profile". I would imagine that's what you meant, but thought I'd mention this just in case. 

 

You might also want to read this thread beginning withe first post and the next dozen or so posts.  

 

        https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/25064-user-share-problem/?tab=comments#comment-228392

 

 

There are a couple of gotchas in SMB that most folks are unaware of.

 

EDIT:  the one about first access is the one which could be biting you in the behind since you are testing a scenario to see if it works.  

 

On 3/8/2013 at 1:42 PM, limetech said:

But now Windows sees that you already have a connection to the server as user "larry" and it DOES NOT ALLOW multiple connections to the same server via different user names.  This is a well-known limitation/bug in Windows.  Some people get around it, e.g., by connecting to the sever using the IP address in order to fool windows into thinking it's a different server.

Edited June 30, 20188 yr by Frank1940