Two homes with two NAS. Can I duplicate my iTunes library so I can listen with Sonos at both homes?

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I have two homes. One is a vacation home, the other my main residence. I currently have a large iTunes library database of over 1,500 CDs that I ripped to a rack mounted RAID Network Storage Device (NAS). Sonos works wonderfully with this system at my primary home.
I have many Sonos devices at both homes. So I bought a 2TB portable NAS unit and copied all of my iTunes data onto that device.I carried that device to my vacation home, plugged it into my network, and told my Sonos controller the location of the copied iTunes Database.
Sonos refuses to play the music saying that I don't have permission to access these files.
I own the music. These were not downloaded files. It is all from CDs that I had purchased.
Can anyone tell me how to correct this situation?

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fleetmanAuthor

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I am here in Jamaica and still have problems. To answer some of your questions: All hardware is Mac no Windows. The Jamaica Sonos system is completely different hardware from the US home. The file folder that resides on the Jamaica NAS was copied with finder from the US NAS. All files are Apple Lossless and were ripped from CDs that I own through iTunes to my US NAS. Then I copied them to a 500GB Buffalo LS-X2.0TL NAS. The strange thing is that I can't even open the Artist folders with finder. I get an error The folder “10,000 Maniacs” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents. I have tried everything on the internet to change this permissions issue without luck. This condition is just for the individual artist folders on the NAS. All other files on the disc are accessible.

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vdroid412

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Okay, so you're accessing the folder through finder using login credentials that you have previously set up for the NAS correct?

Do these credentials possess administrative rights (read/write) capabilities? Please log in through the Buffalo NAS portal (through its local IP or DDNS if you have set one up) and check to see if the login credentials you used to access your NAS through Finder possess the permissions necessary to read and access files for music artists. It's possible that a network share may or may not have read/write privileges enabled by default. If the share doesn't have assigned users that can access the files, no user will be able to open the folder and they will most also see the same dialog box explaining your lack of permissions.

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