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I just purchased a ix2-200 (4 TB) RAIDed NAS device to use for Time Machine backups as well as to store some data that I want to protect from casual observers. (Yes, for better security, I will need to encrypt at rest which is another project).
First off, time machine is working very well. I simply use the admin password to authenticate when TM initially connects.
However, I can't seem to get regular file-based authentication working. There are a number of problems:
BTW: AFP and CIFS are enabled.
I'd expect at the least that any secure access attempt would require a pop-up to accept creds. My preference would be for it to recognize an appropriate person's Mac creds (or Windows creds for that matter) and silently give them access.
Any ideas?
First off, time machine is working very well. I simply use the admin password to authenticate when TM initially connects.
However, I can't seem to get regular file-based authentication working. There are a number of problems:
- My mac user is "firstname lastname", but the device doesn't accept spaces.
- It seems to allow me access even though it didn't ask me to authenticate. It seems that it understands that I created the security. Under my wife's account, she doesn't have acess. I suspect because I've already authenticated as 'admin'.
- When one attempts to enter a security folder, it simply posts an error message and doesn't provide a method to authenticate.
BTW: AFP and CIFS are enabled.
I'd expect at the least that any secure access attempt would require a pop-up to accept creds. My preference would be for it to recognize an appropriate person's Mac creds (or Windows creds for that matter) and silently give them access.
Any ideas?