Can access my Conceptronic NAS ( CH3HNAS ) but can't open any folder.

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Can access my Conceptronic NAS ( CH3HNAS ) but can't open any folder.

I have installed OS X 10.7 (Lion) and I noticed a LOT of people started having problems with their NAS. Basically most people can't mount/access the NAS. My problem is different since I CAN access it but I am not able to open any folders on my Conceptronic model CH3HNAS. I am trying to login using 2 different accounts (the default 'admin' and a personal one) both with admin privileges but I can only see the first level of folders, I can't open any of them. Lion says I don't have permission to see the contents.

I have emailed Conceptronic, I'll post any replies here.

In the meanwhile anyone knows how can I restore access to the folders? Any command line tricks?

Cheers

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 10:21 AM

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Answer 1

kfra71

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Jul 23, 2011 11:24 AM in response to Governa

Hi,

I am experiencing the same problem here.

Please let me know if yo'll get an aswer.

Best,

Francesco.

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Answer 2

Jul 23, 2011 11:34 AM in response to Governa

@Governa,

In OS X Lion, Apple moved to DHX2 authentication within its Netatalk 2.2. That has left users trying to back up or access files with Time Machine on the affected NAS devices - which use an older version of Netatalk - unable to do so, and has prompted errors while trying to access files.

Firmware update from your NAS provider may resolve this issue. I hope this helps

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kfra71

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Jul 23, 2011 12:45 PM in response to SRINATHSADDA

@meraTechStuff

What about Samba? I having the same problem (permissions) using smb protocol.

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Answer 4

Jul 23, 2011 1:00 PM in response to kfra71

@Kfra71,

It seems to be OS X 10.7 Lion Server removes the formerly bundled open source Samba software and replaces it with Apple's own tools for Windows file sharing and network directory services. The new replacement for Samba (I think it's SMBX), and supports Microsoft's newer SMB2 version of its proprietary but openly published protocol.

The version of Samba Apple had been using prevented Macs from seamlessly working with modern PCs running Windows 7, which include security changes in how encryptions protocols work. Apple's own software won't be constrained by the design limitation of Samba.

End users could conceivably obtain Samba on their own and integrate it into their Mac OS X environment themselves, but Samba does not currently provide ready to use binaries for Mac OS X, and a pure port of Samba would lack Apple's easy to use user interface and tight integration with other Apple software, including Open Directory.

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Answer 5

Jul 23, 2011 1:37 PM in response to SRINATHSADDA

This may help: http://frankleng.me/2011/07/21/connect-to-a-freenas-samba-or-afp-share-on-lion-w orkaround/

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Answer 6

Jul 24, 2011 3:54 AM in response to Governa

I have the same problem ,,, I have a Verbatim NAS. I can get into the first folder, but not any others.

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Governa Author

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Jul 25, 2011 7:35 AM in response to kfra71

Reply from Conceptronic:

Unfortunately we do not have new firmware update for this unit.

For a possible solution and more information please read the following article. PLease note that any changes are at your own responsibilty:

http://www.alexanderwilde.com/2011/04/os-x-lion-connection-error-with-afp-and-wo rkaround/

I hope that this advice resolves the issue for you.

I just gave up and use WinXP under Lion via Virtualbox to access my NAS. Works as it should.

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jee67

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Jul 25, 2011 1:46 PM in response to Governa

Problems seems to be Finder only. I can connect to my NAS (Acer Aspire Easystore) with almost every app except finder. For file aceess I now use mucommander. I probably have to wait for a solution from Apple, since I do not expect a firmware update for this old NAS.

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jee67

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Jul 25, 2011 1:50 PM in response to SRINATHSADDA

Tried it, but did not work for me.

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kfra71

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Jul 30, 2011 2:24 AM in response to jee67

@jee67: I can confirm it, same NAS (Acer Aspire EasyStore) and same problem: SMB access works within apps (eg: picasa, itunes, etc.) but not in finder.

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Answer 11

Governa Author

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Jul 30, 2011 2:01 PM in response to kfra71

OK I found a free and easy solution.

Since a lot of people report they are able to access their NAS using apps other than the Finder itself, I decided to look for a free Lion-compatible File Manager to use instead of Finder.

I have found muCommander ( http://www.mucommander.com/ ) and indeed it works fine. All I did was click on the button highlighted bellow, go to "bonjour services" and select my NAS. It prompted me for my username and password and voilá, it works fine.

I keep Finder for everyday use and just load muCommander when I want to access the NAS. At least now I don't have to start my WinXP VM anymore just to access it.

Hope it helps you all.

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jee67

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Jul 31, 2011 2:04 AM in response to kfra71

There might be a small chance to get it working using funplug (see http://wiki.dns323.info/) This might work for older NAS like our Acer Easystore. I am researching how to do it, at the moment and will report back if I succeed.

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