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Add external HDD with read-only access no writing
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Add external HDD with read-only access no writing
Hi, i am new to nas4free and would like to know if their is a way that i can connect my external Hdd's and have them beable to access over the network but i don't want to write to them i only want to be read-only drives. is their a way that i can do this?
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Re: Add external HDD with read-only access no writing
Welcome to NAS4Free forum.
You can achieve this through the WebGUI under Disks|Mount Point|Add, look for a Read only option and select it,
for ZFS disk, after import go to Disks|ZFS|Datasets|Dataset|Edit and select Read only for Access Restrictions on each dataset.
You can achieve this through the WebGUI under Disks|Mount Point|Add, look for a Read only option and select it,
for ZFS disk, after import go to Disks|ZFS|Datasets|Dataset|Edit and select Read only for Access Restrictions on each dataset.
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