User manual

Chapter 3: Configuration
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Creating a New Shared Folder
1. Clicking on the Create Folder selection from the File Sharing submenu will display the
following screen in the information panel:
2. Type a name in the Shared Folder field (required) and Description field (optional).
3. In the Permissions column, select the type of access as follows:
Read & Write All network users can save and retrieve data in the folder.
Read Only All network users can retrieve data in the folder, but cannot save files to the
folder or create subfolders.
User Mode Access to data is limited to list of Valid Users for that folder.
No Access The folder is locked and no user can retrieve data in the folder.
For example, in the Current Folders table shown on the previous page there are two
shared folders, Department and Department2. All users have read and write access to
these folders. The user victorp and supervisor are the only persons with access to folder
Victor. Nobody can access Folder LockUp.
4. If restricting folder access through User Mode, input the names of all valid users in the
Valid User column
5. Click on the Create button or Reset to cancel.
6. A confirmation window will appear. Click OK to confirm. Each new data folder will
appear in the Current Folders listing.