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2.4 Access Control
2.4.1. Local Users
Here you can manage (add, edit or remove) the local users in the system and assign their
access rights to shared folders.
Reminder: If you only have a few users on the system, you can set up the access
rights for each of them one by one.
Within ADM, a single user’s access rights with regards to shared folders will depend on the
user’s existing access rights and on the access rights of the group that the user belongs to.
Both sets of access rights will be checked against each other in order to determine priority
(please see Appendix 4.1). For convenience, the system provides a preview mode which
allows you to first preview any changes that you make to access rights.
About Local Users
After initialization, the system will automatically create user accounts for “admin”
and “guest”. “admin” is the default administrator account and possesses a
majority of the access rights. If you wish, you can change the access rights and
password for this account. “guest” is the default guest account which is only
suitable for use with CIFS/SAMBA and AFP. This account does not possess login
and authentication rights, so you cannot change its password.
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Appendix 4.1 – Permission Mapping Table
2.4.2. Local Groups
Here you can manage (add, edit or remove) the local groups in the system and assign
access rights for shared folders.
Reminder: If you have a relatively large number of users on the system, you can
conveniently assign access rights by user group instead of assigning access
rights for each user one by one.
Within ADM, a single user’s access rights with regards to shared folders will depend on the
user’s existing access rights and on the access rights of the group that the user belongs to.
Both sets of access rights will be checked against each other in order to determine priority
(please see Appendix 5.1). For convenience, the system provides a preview mode which
allows you to first preview any changes that you make to access rights.