I just purchased a MyCloudEX2Ultra and got 2TB of storage in it set up as a RAID 1. I have mapped this in Windows 10 Pro as a network drive. I am aware that the system uses EXT4 instead of NTFS so not sure what I am doing is possible.
The current data drive (local HDD PC) I have is organised as follows:
Users<username>\data
Films
Public
etc, just like a Windows C Drive.
Now the issue is that obviously when mapped as a network drive I need to specify a folder, so I created a Data folder as a share. Now all data in local HDD is being copied to the Data drive (using robocopy). This folder is currently set to private, however, I’d want it public and give permissions to subfolders e.g. under Data\Users<username> and leave some folders public.
Each user would have their own account, is this possible to do?
Searching the forum seems like this is not possible, but those topics were from a few years, as of today does that still stand that this is not possible and any workarounds/updates on allowing this?
Currently all subfolders within a Share inherit their permissions from the Share itself. The Dashboard doesn’t appear to include the option to get more granular on assigning permissions to subfolders within a Share. Its an all or nothing affair. The workaround is to create separate shares for the content and assign read/write permissions to them on a per user basis. This has been a long running question going back many years with these My Cloud devices.
If one hasn’t done so they should read through the User Manual for the device which explains how to use and configure it.
Also note that there is a specific subforum where OS5 issues for EX series of devices, including the Ex2 Ultra are being discussed. One may find additional support for their device in there.
Unofficially, one possible workaround is to load a different operating system (if possible) to the Ex2 Ultra, one that has more options, settings and features that include the ability to set subfolder permissions. However doing so may void the device warranty and could potentially result in loss of user data (i.e. backup data prior to attempting to change the OS). If one uses the forum search feature they’ll find a number of discussions on changing the My Cloud operating system to something else, with mixed results. Note that most methods of changing the operating system involve a working knowledge of Linux commands and other more advanced computing concepts.
