Please Help! I have lost acess to the c share.

[howardg]

For some reason I can no longer get access to the c share on my ReadyNAS Duo. I used to click on the readyNAS icon in the network pane (Vista) and it would show C and lost and found, etc. But now I only have access to backup, media, and printers. How do I get full access back? I am not logging on any differently than I did before. I have tried browse in Raidar but still get only the three folders.

[dbott67]

It's possible that Windows is passing a different set of credentials to the NAS.

The 'c' share is an administrative share (automatically built-in) and only accessible by the admin account. You can map a drive to it by opening a command prompt in Windows and entering the following command:

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net use t: \\ip.address.of.nas\c /user:admin

Enter the password for 'admin' to connect to 'ip.address.of.nas':
The command completed successfully.

Make sure you enable Windows explorer to view hidden files:



NOTE: This only works in "User Mode", not in "Share Mode"

-Dave

[howardg]

How do I use this command? I typed in net use n: \\xxx.xxx.x.x\c /user:admin (where xxx.xxx.x.x is the ip address of the NAS) and hit enter; the command completed successfully, but I was not prompted to enter a password. Windows explorer did not start. Thank you for your help.

net use t: \\ip.address.of.nas\c /user:admin

Enter the password for 'admin' to connect to 'ip.address.of.nas':
The command completed successfully.

[dbott67]

Sounds like you ran the command correctly --- you just open up a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) and type the command.

Assuming you used drive N: as the letter, you should now have a new drive letter under "My Computer" called N that is mapped to the C share on the NAS.

[howardg]

Yes -- it worked. I just failed to notice the new mapped drive icon Is this the only (or best) way to get access to the admin folder? It seems before that I could see all the folders (incl c) just by double clicking on the NAS icon in the network pane.

[dbott67]

Yes, it's the best way. If your Windows username and password matched the NAS, then it could work (in theory) although this is a very dangerous thing to use regularly. When using this method, you are connected as root and can do whatever you want.

None of your file/share permissions will prevent you from nuking your data (or the cat, when it jumps on your keyboard).

Best practice is to only map the drive when needed and then disconnect it when you're done.

-Dave

[howardg]

excellent. thanks very much.