How to access private shares?

[chronicvader]

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, 2017 by chronicvader

[tjb_altf4]

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, 2017 by tjb_altf4

[Cetje54]

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

[_jonte]

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.

[RichardU]

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. 

 

[Frank1940]

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, 2018 by Frank1940