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Questions regarding Mac OS X Specifically can be placed here, such as questions regarding TimeMachine, for example.

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Windows AD Domain
All questions pertaining to Windows Active Directory Service can go here

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Windows OS
All questions regarding using our system with Windows XP, Vista, 7 may go here.

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NFS Server
Questions about using the NFS Server may be placed here

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Active Directory Server
All questions regarding Synology's Directory Server package can go here

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Mapped Drive asking for Password

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by Taken » Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:52 pm
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FAQ: Map Drive Issues

Last post by melbourne « Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:13 pm
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by Franklin » Mon May 07, 2007 8:19 pm

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:13 pm
clone permissions of an existing user to a new one

Last post by pmichala « Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:22 pm
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by pmichala » Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:03 pm

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I can't change the Owner & Group even with admin account

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by yourzone » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:20 pm

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One user lost all his files, need help

Last post by sincarne « Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:08 am
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by okv » Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:16 am

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Alert on failed CIFS connections

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by Mr3 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:08 am

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Need the ability to hide folders from users that do not have permissions

Last post by tomak00 « Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:41 pm
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by costasppc » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:11 pm

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Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:41 pm
Best setup for internal/external CAD file access

Last post by sieberta « Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:29 pm
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by campagnolo_1 » Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:37 pm

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Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:29 pm
Reactivate SMB1 for Sonos Play 1?

Last post by McAllister « Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:47 am

by McAllister » Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:47 am

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Drag and Drop files from DS to Windows folder

Last post by zvit « Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:32 am
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by zvit » Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:52 am

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Some devices can't find file sharing server.

Last post by yookee « Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:48 pm

by yookee » Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:48 pm

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Photoshop PSD thumbnails

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by zvit » Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:49 am

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DS218J Set-up Question

Last post by Fredster « Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:56 pm
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by Fredster » Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:33 pm

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Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:56 pm
Hide folders and files from users without permissions gone

Last post by smizzlov « Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:10 pm
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by FrankRoth@mac.com » Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:12 am

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Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:10 pm
How to share existing folders?

Last post by frenchie « Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:11 am
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by Journer » Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:24 am

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Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:11 am
Allow users to read/write to folders but not to delete them?

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by oxhey » Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:37 pm

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Save SCAN from Rich Printer directly to NAS drive

Last post by xofer « Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:14 pm
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by dwijadas » Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:37 am

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All users can see other users home folders and contents

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by Bobharris43 » Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:28 pm
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:00 pm
Best configuration strategy for a new NAS?

Last post by Rusty1281 « Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:00 pm
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by joelpomales » Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:06 pm

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Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:00 pm
Cannot Map Shared Folder on a Different Disk - A device attached to the system is not functioning. (31)

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by dubpG » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:19 am

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Accessing a shared link on the NAS

Last post by waccoo « Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:55 pm

by waccoo » Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:55 pm

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Restrict anonymous access

Last post by telos « Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:34 pm
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by Whitespoke » Sat Mar 24, 2018 12:45 pm

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Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:34 pm
Folder Names, LAN verses WebDAV

Last post by jdrintnt « Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:09 am

by jdrintnt » Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:09 am

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SMB Stopped Working After Upgrade

Last post by sincarne « Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:47 am
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by evilattorney » Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:05 am

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Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:47 am
Linux-to-Linux Samba/CIFS/SMB Spawning Infinite cifsd Processes/Connections

Last post by xnaas « Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:55 am
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by xnaas » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:33 pm

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Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:55 am
NAS use cases feasibility

Last post by Rusty1281 « Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:28 am
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by Golitan11 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:27 pm

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Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:28 am
Expected remote download speeds

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by Golitan11 » Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:07 am

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File transferred notification

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by Fitch » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:12 am

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Sharing Subfolders

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by DataX » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:14 pm
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How to???: access via internet to file to block other users

Last post by Mr.T « Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:29 am
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by Mr.T » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:55 am

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Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:29 am
Tutorial Remote File Access / Drive Mapping outside network

Last post by shiroamada « Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:22 pm
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by shiroamada » Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:49 am

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Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:22 pm
Permission to only Add files and folders But don't REPLACE

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by alexspires » Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:51 pm

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Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:51 pm
Sharing a Subfolder

Last post by telos « Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:46 am
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by Stomer » Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:29 am

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Idiots Guide to file storage setup?

Last post by YorkshireDave « Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:44 am
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by YorkshireDave » Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:12 pm

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Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:44 am
Synology audio to Sonos

Last post by zardoz « Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:31 am
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by Madsen66 » Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:44 pm

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Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:31 am
Sharing link, can I tell if person downloaded file?

Last post by HarryPotter « Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:03 pm
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by tony.w » Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:14 am

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Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:03 pm
Collaboration MS Excell

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by Willems Tech » Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:45 pm

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Public link with Synology Drive, Security certificate missing

Last post by slowmo8001 « Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:10 am
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by slowmo8001 » Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:37 am

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Mount SMB share R/O?

Last post by pokeefe0001 « Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:59 pm
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by pokeefe0001 » Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:50 pm

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Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:59 pm
New files on samba share get execute permissions

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by rlindner81 » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:06 am

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Simultaneous Edit of Exel files etc.

Last post by eaz « Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:25 pm
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by Aardvarx » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:20 am

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Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:25 pm
Virtual folder / saved search?

Last post by thany « Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:22 pm

by thany » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:22 pm

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Map Volume1 as one SMB share?

Last post by Rosen32 « Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:42 pm

by Rosen32 » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:42 pm

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Vetoing files seems useless

Last post by gurok « Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:03 pm
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by gurok » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:39 am

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SAMBA! (access from another LAN)

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by vindiou » Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:56 pm

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Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:16 pm
can't mount DS 513

Last post by supersonic80 « Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:04 am
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by borisb2 » Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:37 am

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Folder disappeared from network but visible in File Station

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by argentum » Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:28 pm

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help - newbie who has no clue here

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by DaytonaJ » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:40 pm
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ACL permissions with shared folders and SFTP

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by MacSpecksen » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:45 pm

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Best Option to Auto Mount shares on mac based on user?

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by redhat » Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:12 am

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