On 06/02/2026 12:13, Hugh Frater wrote:
No SSH access enabled on your ReadyNAS, Terry?

That was a very useful suggestion.

terry@optiplex:~$ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password:

Welcome to ReadyNASOS 6.10.10

Last login: Sun Nov 27 09:59:12 2022 from 192.168.1.21
admin@ReadyNAS:~$ ls
admin@ReadyNAS:~$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
ping: permission denied (are you root?)
admin@ReadyNAS:~$ sudo ping 8.8.8.8
-bash: sudo: command not found
admin@ReadyNAS:~$ su
Password:
root@ReadyNAS:/home/admin# ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=117 time=6.124 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=117 time=5.749 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=117 time=5.722 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=117 time=5.729 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=117 time=5.864 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=5 ttl=117 time=5.791 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=6 ttl=117 time=5.782 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=7 ttl=117 time=5.828 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 5.722/5.823/6.124 ms

So only root can gain access to the Internet.  Why would that have changed?

--
Terry Coles


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