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Access Shares Using a Linux or Unix Device, mount [-t cifs

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ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3 4. Enter a user ID and password and click the Connect button. You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your access is limited by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator for that user. You are prompted to select a volume. Mac OS 9 calls your ReadyNAS shares volumes. 5. Select a volume (share) and click the OK button. Finder displays the volume contents in a window. Access Shares Using a Linux or Unix Device You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached Linux or Unix device that supports the SMB file-sharing protocol.  To access a share using a network-attached Linux or Unix device: 1. Ensure that file-sharing protocols are enabled for any share that you want to remotely access. For more information, see Fine-Tune Share Access on page 34. 2. Ensure that your Linux or Unix device supports the SMB file-sharing protocol. 3. Using a terminal program, enter the following command: mount [-t cifs -o username=,password=] /// Note the following: • and match your user name and password on the ReadyNAS system. However, to connect as a guest, you do not need to provide a user name. If your operating system requests a password when you access as a guest, press the Enter key. • is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system. • is the name of the share you want to access. • is the name of an empty folder on your Linux or Unix device. Shares 41

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Shares
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ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3
4.
Enter a user ID and password and click the
Connect
button.
You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your access is
limited by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator for that user.
You are prompted to select a volume. Mac OS 9 calls your ReadyNAS shares
volumes
.
5.
Select a volume (share) and click the
OK
button.
Finder displays the volume contents in a window.
Access Shares Using a Linux or Unix Device
You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached Linux or Unix
device that supports the SMB file-sharing protocol.
To access a share using a network-attached Linux or Unix device:
1.
Ensure that file-sharing protocols are enabled for any share that you want to remotely
access.
For more information, see
Fine-Tune Share Access
on page
34.
2.
Ensure that your Linux or Unix device supports the SMB file-sharing protocol.
3.
Using a terminal program, enter the following command:
mount [-t cifs
-o username=<user_name>,password=<password>]
//<ReadyNAS_IP_Address>/<share_name> <mount_point>
Note the following:
•
<user_name> and <password> match your user name and password on the
ReadyNAS system. However, to connect as a guest, you do not need to provide a
user name. If your operating system requests a password when you access as a
guest, press the
Enter
key.
•
<ReadyNAS_IP_address> is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system.
•
<share_name> is the name of the share you want to access.
•
<mount_point> is the name of an empty folder on your Linux or Unix device.