How to login multiple users in windows SMB share on FreeNAS

To login multiple users in windows SMB share on FREENAS

Introduction:

SMB stands for “Server Message Block", a file-sharing protocol that was developed by IBM and has been around since the mid-eighties. This protocol was designed to support computers to read and write files to a remote host over a local area network (LAN).

Log into FreeNAS:

This the Dashboard page of FreeNAS: Go to users and create a new User: Once completed open pools and create a new dataset:

After that go to SMB shares and create a new share: Once completed edit the permission for new dataset: Once completed restart the SMB service: Then open file explorer and type the SMB share ip address in address bar and login as homeuser: Then click the windowshare2 to open and login as homeuser2: It will not open, and give the error message permission denied. Because SMB share will allow only one user at a time. If we need to login as another user we must delete the credentials for existing user: To delete the credentials for existing user open command prompt and type the following command:

“net use * /delete”

Once completed open windowshare2 and login as homeuser2: If again I am trying to open windowshare it will through the error permission denied, then we need to delete the credentials for windowshare2. Now, login as windowshare credentials: With this method login multiple users in windows SMB share on FreeNAS comes to an end.