Yeah which frankly gets annoying fast when dealing with multiple users. As you need to remember the UIDs of all the users and match them potentially on all systems.
A solution to this problem is using active directory or if it is only for Linux devices FreeIPA. Which isn’t as bad as it sounds. It even simplifies it if you ask me. More centralized management. It is a onetime effort to setup correctly then just keeping it in check.
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You need to set the permissions on the NAS to match up with the ID of your user.
Yeah which frankly gets annoying fast when dealing with multiple users. As you need to remember the UIDs of all the users and match them potentially on all systems.
A solution to this problem is using active directory or if it is only for Linux devices FreeIPA. Which isn’t as bad as it sounds. It even simplifies it if you ask me. More centralized management. It is a onetime effort to setup correctly then just keeping it in check.