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PlatinumNAS Owner’s Manual
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users in the “Users List” pane and click the button.To remove a group membership
from the selected user, highlight the desired users in the “Member List” pane and click the
button. When changes to the user’s group membership are complete, click the “Apply”
button to finalize the action.
4.3 Local User Configuration
When providing folder access to non Active Directory clients, the PlatinumNAS provides its
own user and group administration. Creating and administering user accounts are accessible
by selecting “Users” from the Accounts menu. This screen allows you to configure local user
settings and assign or remove group membership. Permissions and authorization for users and
groups are assigned to each folder shared- See section 2.3 of this chapter for more information.
4.3.1 Creating users
To create a new user, click (Add) in the User
configuration screen (illustrated left.) In the
following screen (see illustration at bottom)
Enter the new username, password in the
“Password” and “Confirm” fields, and assign
group membership by selecting the desired
groups from the “Group List” pane and clicking
the
button. Please note that spaces, slashes or
commas are not valid for user names.
4.3.2 Removing users
To remove a user, select the user to remove and
click the (Delete) button.
4.3.3 Modifying existing users
You make change user passwords and group assignment by clicking the (Modify) button.
To change a user password, enter the new
password in the “Password” and “Confirm”
fields, and click the (Apply) button.
To modify a user’s group membership, highlight
the desired group in the “Group List” pane
and click the
button to add a new group
membership. To remove a group membership
from the selected user, highlight the desired
group in the “Group Member” pane and click
the
button. When changes to the user’s
group membership are complete, click the
“Apply” button to finalize the action.
3-Administering the PlatinumNAS