User`s guide

Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.2
41 Chapter 7: Set Up File Sharing
Create Users
Click Create to create a user account. The user can log in to edit his/her account info after the user account has
been established. You can also choose to set an account expiration date or disallow the user to change account
password.
Creating User Accounts by Importing User List
Additionally, you can create multiple user accounts by importing a user list. Create a text file which contains the
following tab-delimited information in each line:
 Username
 Password
 Description
 Email
 Quota (MB) in volume 1
 Quota (MB) in volume 2 (and so on)
Note:
 All fields are optional except Username.
 An example of the text file is shown as follows:
eddy 1234 father [e-mail] 80000
rosy 5678 mother [e-mail] 80000
chaddy 8901 brother [e-mail] 20000
eric 2345 cousin [e-mail] 20000
Save the text file in UTF-8 encoding. Go to Main Menu > Control Panel > User and choose Create > Import
Users.
Apply Password Strength Rules
You can enable password strength service to make sure DSM users’ passwords are secure enough to withstand
malicious login attempts. Click Password Strength to configure this measure of the effectiveness of a password.
Note:
 Password Strength rules only work for passwords created or modified after the Password Strength service is
enabled. Existing passwords won’t be affected by the rules.
 The rules won’t apply to the passwords of users created by importing user list.
Create User's Home Folder
Each DSM user (except for guest) can have his/her own folder called the home folder, which is accessible only
by the user and the system administrator. Click User Home to enable user home service.
For users belonging to the administrators group, DSM users’ home folders are here: homes/[Username]
Note:
 When the user home service is disabled, the homes folder will be kept but accessible by users belonging to the
administrators group only. Users can access their home folders again if the user home service is enabled again.
 To delete the homes folder, the user home service must be disabled first.