Managing Users And Groups; About Users - Western Digital wd Cloud User Manual

Managing Users and Groups

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About Users

About Groups
About Users
The Administrator, normally the device owner, is the person in charge of setting up the
device. As the WD Cloud device owner, you have a special user account (admin) that
provides you with admin privileges. With these privileges, you can set up and configure the
device to your specific needs and add other users to your personal cloud. You also have the
power to determine exactly what users can access on the device.
As a default, admin user name does not have a password. You can create one at anytime
(see "Updating a User Password" on page 32).
Note: Only one individual at a time can use the Admin logon ID to log into the web
browser app. Because of this, ensure that you log out of the
WD Cloud device web browser app when you are not using it. This allows other
users authorized to use the Admin logon ID to access the web browser app.
See "Energy Saver" on page 64 to automatically log out of the app after a set
amount of time.
The Users screen displays a list of the current users and allows the Administrator to view
user details, create new users, create groups, and grant a user access to existing shares
and groups.
Viewing Users
1. On the Navigation bar, click Users to display the Set Up Users screen.
2. To view user details, click a user name in the left pane. The user's profile and share
access information appear. A user can have read only, read/write, or no access to a
share. See "About Shares" on page 37 for additional information on shares.
Note: The shares in the Share Access section that don't require access permission
are grayed out. Once you make a share private, the share appears in the list and
you can edit it. (See "Editing Share Settings" on page 38.)
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