NAS Authentication Problem
I am using a Freenas Server for backups and I have it setup to not need authentication. I've been accessing it thru a mapped drive using True Image 2016. Now after upgrading to TI 2017 it requires a User and Password in order to access the share. Is there a way around this or do I have to reconfigure the server to require authentication.


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Rodger,
What version of FreeNAS are you running? If you are running a version which has SAMBA version 4.0 or higher and your Windows machine(s) are using SMB 3 or 2 I recommend that you configure the server so that your backup shares are in a seperate User account requiring log on. Doing so will help protect the root account of the base server OS from outside attack from malware and unauthorized access.
You can use the guide in the link below to correctly setup SMB shares on your FreeNAS server.
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/simple-example-of-how-to-c…
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check your windows permissions for the share. i needed to edit the permissions in properties (right click the mapped network drive in windows to allow write authority)
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