How do I stop MyCloud scanning my many, many research files?

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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It’s easy - no advance knowledge required. Follow these instructions:

  1. Enable SSH
  • login to your WDMyCloud dashboard ( http://wdmycloud/ ) → go to Settings → Network → and set  SSH to  ON
  1. Download Putty, an SSH client

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

- install it on your computer

  1. Open Putty and connect to WDMyCloud via SSH

  • Enter the IP address of your WDMyCloud in the  Host Name ( or IP Address ) field.

  • Click Open on the bottom to connect

  • If this is your first time using SSH for your device you will need to accept the  Host Key by clicking  Yes

  1. Login
  • The default login is “root” and the password is “welc0me” (yes, that is a number zero in welc0me)

Run the following commands

/etc/init.d/wdmcserverd stop

/etc/init.d/wdphotodbmergerd stop

Then:  

update-rc.d wdphotodbmergerd disable

update-rc.d wdmcserverd disable

That’s it, you can log out now (type “exit”)

You may now set the SSh back to Off in the MyCloud dashboard

Note: Copy and pasting commands with putty can be done by selecting the commands from this screen (copy),

then go back to the putty screen and paste by right-clicking on your mouse anywhere on the screen.

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