User`s guide
Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.1
54 Chapter 7: Set Up File Sharing
2 In the window that appears, enter the user name and password for the administrator of the domain server, and
click OK.
After Synology DiskStation joins the domain, domain users can log in to Synology DiskStation with their domain
account and password.
Note:
If your domain user name includes “%” and “$”, you might not be able to access your home folder. Please ask your
domain administrator to give you a new user name.
Domain groups Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins will be added to the local group administrators
automatically. In other words, domain users in these groups have administrative right on the DiskStation, including
performing DSM/CIFS/FTP/AFP/WebDAV applications.
You can also configure domain users’ access privileges to the shared folders on Synology DiskStation. See "Allow
Domain Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders" on Page 63 for more information.
More Information
About DNS server:
You are recommended to specify a DNS server to help Synology DiskStation search for the domain. However, if
the domain is not registered on the DNS server, the procedure of joining domain may fail.
About advanced domain options:
In most cases, you do not need to fill in any of the advanced domain option. Advanced domain options are
needed only for specific domain environment.
DC IP: Specify a DC (Domain Controller) IP and Synology DiskStation will try to communicate with it. If there
is more than one IP, insert a comma in between each of them. Add an asterisk (*) after the last DC IP if you
wish, and Synology DiskStation will try to communicate with other DC when all specified ones failed. You will
need to add a comma between the asterisk and the last IP.
Domain NetBIOS name: Specify the NetBIOS name of the domain.
Domain FQDN (DNS name): Specify the FQDN (DNS name) of the domain.
To bind DiskStation to an LDAP server:
1 Click the LDAP tab, and tick Enable LDAP Client.
2 Enter the IP address or domain name of the LDAP server in the LDAP Server address field.
3 Choose an encryption type from the Encryption drop-down menu to encrypt LDAP connection to the LDAP
server.
4 Enter the Base DN of the LDAP server in the Base DN field.
5 To allow LDAP users to access DiskStation files via CIFS, tick Enable Windows CIFS support. For more
information, click the Help button (with a question mark) at the top-right corner.
6 Click Apply.
7 Enter the Bind DN (or LDAP administrator account) and the password in the fields, and then click OK.
Note: The supported LDAP standard is LDAP version 3 (RFC2251).