User guide

ASUSTOR NAS User Guide
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Here you can manage your shared folders and set up their access rights in relation to
users and user groups. Shared folders allow your NAS to become a file server. They are
fundamental in sharing files with the outside world. Consequently, correctly setting up
their access rights is very important in the management of your data.
 Invisible in “Network” or “My Network Places”: This setting only applies if you are
using Microsoft Windows. When you enable this setting, your NAS will cease to
automatically appear in “Network” or in “My Network Places”. Please note that
enabling this setting will not affect the connection to your NAS in any way.
 Encrypt this shared folder: Here you can choose whether or not you want to encrypt
your shared folder and whether or not you want to auto-mount it at system startup.
Should you choose to encrypt your folder, after the system restarts, you will have to
manually enter the password for the folder in order to access it. Encrypted folders are
normally used for the storage of critical or confidential data. Should you lose your
NAS you still needn’t worry about your data leaking out and falling into the wrong
hands.
Reminder: You can choose to enable or disable encryption for folders even
after they have been created. Encryption is available for use with all shared
folders and is not just limited to system default folders. The access speed for
encrypted folders will normally be slower than for unencrypted folders.
Warning: When choosing to use encrypted shared folders, please make it a
point to remember your password. Should you forget your password, the
data in the shared folder will become unrecoverable.
 NFS Privileges: Here you can set NFS privileges for individual folders after first
enabling NFS service.
About Shared Folders
After initialization, the system will automatically create a shared folder “public”. By
default, all users can access the files in this folder. Additionally, the system will
automatically create a personal folder for each user (using the user’s account name)
that by default, can only be accessed by the mentioned user.
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Appendix 4.1 – Permission Mapping Table
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