TC with Access via User Accounts
Hi all folks,
I start using a new TC (2TB with 7.5.1) with access via User Accounts switched on, but it confuses me a little. In general I'm interesting in storing some more data to the TC, also I'm interesting in using seperate folder/mountpoints.
I add some User Accounts (I used the short names from my Mac, for example lutz, test, work, gast and admin) and every User can logon/connect to the TC, with a User Folder and a "Data" Folder, but admin can't connect to the User Folder.
All the time I try to logon/connect with the admin User, I can mount the "Data" Folder, but I can't mount the "admin" Folder (but the folder is shown).
In the Mac Syslog I find,
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[111]:
NetworkNode::handleMountCallBack returned -6602
I got a box with,
The operation cannot be completed because the original item for "admin" cannot be found.
And in the TC Syslog I find,
Syslog Protocol 6 - All Information
Nov 18 00:16:54 Gewichtung: 5 AFP login OK from [email protected].
Nov 18 00:16:57 Gewichtung: 5 AFP session from [email protected] closing.
Nov 18 00:16:58 Gewichtung: 5 AFP login OK from [email protected].
Nov 18 00:18:03 Gewichtung: 3 No Address for NTP server time.euro.apple.com.
I got folders like this, "lutz" and "Data" and both are empty.
From the admin Point of view the "Data" Folder looks like this and the "admin" folder can't connect too.
"Data"
"Data/Shared"
"Data/Users"
"Data/Users/lutz"
"Data/Users/test"
"Data/Users/gast"
"Data/Users/work"
"Data/MacBook.sparesbundle"
"Data/PowerBook.sparesbundle"
My question, is "admin" an TC internal User too?
What's the reason I can't mount the "admin" Folder and why I got a complete view to the TC filesystem with the "admin" User only?
It's nice to see this, but what's the reason!
How to add some more Shared folder for data exchange?!
Any idea what's happend,
thanks for any help, I can't find any information about this behavior,
Lutz
p.s.
The password from the User Account definitions are ignored for the "admin" user, the TC Password is used all the time.
p.s.
I read "http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html", too.
Hi all folks,
anyone who spend some time to add an User Account named "admin" to a TC and try to logon/connect to the TC with this user.
If someone try to do this, don't use the same password for "admin" and the TC itself, but try to logon/connect with "admin" to the TC with the defined passwords, both. I can connect "admin" to the TC with the TC password only, not with the password defined via User Account.
Thanks for any help,
Lutz
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