Managing Users And Groups; About Users - Western Digital My Cloud PR2100 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 My 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 My 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 72 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 privileges assigned to
a share. See "About Shares" on page 37 for additional information on shares.
Note: In the Share Access section, the shares that don't require access permission are grayed
out. Once you make a share private, the share appears in the list and you can be
edited. (See "Editing Share Settings" on page 38.)
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