Bennor
July 14, 2020, 11:15am
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Yes the Public Share issue has long been a complaint by users in this subforum. Many have complained about the inability to set it to Private. Instead one is forced to use SSH to try and disable it by modifying the firmware. Many years ago WD patched the Dashboard coding bug that allowed one to actually set that Public Share to Private in early firmware versions. Just a few past threads…
http://wdstagingsplit.staged-by-discourse.com/t/manage-public-share-user-access-at-least-a-read-only-option/97231
So prior to upgrading, I use the bug to edit the Public Name to something else and when the error popped up that I could not rename the Public Share, I then toggled the Public Access to OFF.
So I upgraded… not thinking about the ramifications since I read it from Bennor that this bug is no longer accesssible.
Now my Public Share is still private and I would like to toggle the Public Access back to ON.
Why?
No idea why really. I was trying to create a USB mount point and it failed in creating…
##WD MyCloud - Delete Public Share
Guide and scripts to remove or restore the public share on WD My Cloud.
Remove Public Share from WD MyCloud
There are a few posts from people wishing to remove or restrict access to the public folder so I thought I would start a new topic with a workaround that I found accidentally
“I tried to delete the public share and was not allowed,so then I tried to rename it and was not allowed but after this the “public Access” slide became active so I switched off public access, the dashboard went into “updating” mode and locked up, after closing the the browser window I opened the dashboard again and was s…
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