N2100 : ACL and access in Windows

[neildodsworth]

Hi,

I've got an issue which seems a little odd, Thecus have offered to check out my unit by logging in but I am reluctant as I keep confidential work backups on the box.

In simple terms I set up the permissions for a folder and aside from ftp which seems to work fine I cannot access said folder using windows (although I can't try any other OS).

Windows prompts for a password when you try and access the folder but it just won't accept it, I've tried mapping drives I have even changed the name and sub net of the unit in case there was a cache issue still no look.

I'm guessing its a samba permissions issue but I have no idea where to look to fix it, I have got ssh installed (and the module which claims to increase windows compatibility for samba).

Anyone got an ideas, I'll try anything

Thanks.

[getmythe]

here are some step by step checks you may try

1) make sure both your windows box and your thecus are in the same workgroup
2) check those acl settings of yours: add the desired user to the read/write section and the group he belongs to the read only section, deny access for every other user.
3) login via ssh and issue the following command (if the first two steps fail)
chown -R myuser:smbusers /raid/myshare
in the above code replace myuser with the proper username and myshare with the folder you have problems with

[neildodsworth]

thanks,

I've tried everything you have said and I still get the same result, sorry...

chown -R Neil:smbusers /raid/pvt

and nothing is shown, does that tell me anything?

[getmythe]

To rule out everything but permission issues make your samba share public incl. browsing access. If you still cannot login then you're problem has nothing to do with permissions, e.g. maybe a firewall blocking access? In case public access is working, best to be a bit more radical; Eliminate the existing user; Reboot the system; Re-add the same user/password; Re-apply all acl settings as mentioned in the previous post. Good luck!

[neildodsworth]

all my public shares work fine, and I have done the whole:

create new folder
create new user

still no joy, makes me think that I'm missing something real simple. I dont think the permissions are fundamentally wrong because the ftp service works exactly as prescribed.

hmmmm

[getmythe]

we might be getting closer to resolving this!

Windows XP as an example will only remember one user/password pair per serving machine. E.g. if your system already stored some user name for another share of your thecus (even a public share) you may not be able to enter any other (protected) share any longer. Therefore, delete every entry in the network section related to your thecus and reboot your winblows box. Afterwards only connect to your protected share.

I think this feature is sold by Microsoft as 'simple file sharing'

[neildodsworth]

Sorry for the delay, been away.

Sounds plausible but still no joy (I have 3 PC's and it doesnt work on any of'em) is there anything else cached I should perhaps delete?

Ta

[ryebank]

Use Start Run and run this command

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr

That should show you cached server credentials - you can add one with the correct details for your n2100 - then reboot and try to connect - it should then use the credentials specified above without prompting for user/pass

[neildodsworth]

only thing in there is the .net passport thing, not likely to be that or is it?

[neildodsworth]

ok I may be getting somewhere, I looked into KRShowKeyMgr and I should from here be able to add new passwords, trouble is I have remove and properties but no ability to add a new one.

Im obviously an admin on this PC, any ideas? I have a feeling if I get to the bottom of this I may be on to a winner.

Cheers.

[dbridges]

Shot in the dark here.

Is there an issue with case sensitivity of usernames and passwords?

[neildodsworth]

thanks but its not a case sensitive issue; god knows what it is though

[dbridges]

Well as getmythe said you can only have one username and password per server connection.

If the username and password on the n2100 is different to the username and password on the windows machine then you're going to get the problem that you've got.

There are work arounds but this is usually the first problem encountered.

You've never actually stated that the username and passwords are identical on both machines. Is this the case?

Is the windows machine part of a domain?

If windows is sending authentication for a domain user to the n2100 then you're potentially going to have problems there as the n2100 may not know how to authenticate you.

Also remove any public shares and don't re-create them until you've either solved the main problem or given up. Public shares will only get in the way.

And make sure that your personal firewall isn't on. You never know, it may be blocking some authentication traffic.

[ryebank]

Neil - what version of Windows are you using? (not just ver but sub ver - e.g. XP Home or XP Pro etc)

[neildodsworth]

Hi,

Thanks for the help, I changed my windows log on to the same as the N2100 with no joy; removed all the public folders; Im not on a domain; and I turned off the firewall.

I have more than one PC and this problem seems to be on at least three other machines.

Starting to get slightly frustrated.

I'm using Windows Media Center SP2

Now at the point of giving up; I can probably live with public access now I can restrict the ftp access to centain folders using a module.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr