User Manual

Use FTP and FTPS

You can use FTP and FTPS to access any shared folders that are enabled for the FTP and FTPS file-sharing

protocols.

For better security, use an FTPS client to connect to your ReadyNAS using the FTP file-sharing protocol.

With FTPS, your password and data are encrypted.

If you are using FTPS, you must use explicit mode (also known as FTPES or AUTH TLS) in your FTP client.

To access a shared folder using FTP:

1. Ensure that the FTP file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system.

For more information, see Set Network Access Rights to Shared Folders on page 62.

2. Launch an FTP client or a terminal program.

3. Log in to your ReadyNAS system, as follows:

• If you required user FTP access when you enabled the FTP-file sharing protocol, log in using user

or administrator credentials for your ReadyNAS system. If you log in as a user, your access is limited

by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator.

• If you allowed anonymous access when you enabled the FTP-file sharing protocol, log in as

anonymous and use your email address for the password.

Use Rsync

You can use Rsync to access any shared folders that are enabled for the Rsync file-sharing protocol. Instead

of browsing shared folders as you do with some other file-sharing protocols, with Rsync, you copy files from

your ReadyNAS system to another computer that supports the Rsync file-sharing protocol. If you previously

copied these files, Rsync copies only the differences between the source files and the destination files,

making the transfer much quicker than using other file-sharing protocols. The first time you copy files using

the Rsync file-sharing protocol, you see no performance difference.

To access shared folders using Rsync:

1. Ensure that the Rsync file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS storage system.

For more information, see Set Network Access Rights to Shared Folders on page 62.

2. On a network-attached device that supports the Rsync file-sharing protocol, launch a terminal program

or an Rsync client.

3. Enter any required credentials for the shared folder.

For more information about Rsync shared folder access credentials, see Configure Rsync Credentials on

page 62. For more information about Rsync terminal program commands, visit http://Rsync.samba.org. For

more information about using an Rsync client application, see the documentation that accompanies the

application.

Shared Folders

ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3