Creating A User Profile - Linksys NSS4000 Series Administrator's Manual

Creating a User Profile

Depending on your network setup, you might administer users and groups locally or via the domain
controller. The NSS configuration interface gives you read-only access to users and groups provided
by NTv4, Active Directory, or NIS domains. You can also create and manage local users from the
NSS configuration interface. Before you can create a user profile, you must configure the volume you
want to use as the home directory location for your users on the Access Options page (from the
Manager Menu, click Access > Options).
To add a local user:
1. From the Manager Menu, click Access
The Configured Users page appears. Users created from the NSS configuration interface and
provided by the ADS, NTv4, or NIS domain appear in the Configured Users table.
2. Click Add to create a user.
The New User page appears.
3. In the Username field, type the username. The name must be made up of alphanumeric
characters (that is, a-z, 0-9), any case, to a maximum of 32 characters. This field is required.
4. Select the group you want to assign as the user's primary group from the Primary Group field. If
there are no groups configured, the only available choice is the default group "nasusers". This
field is required.
NOTE: Although you can assign the user to multiple groups (through the Add Group or Edit
Group page), the primary group is the group against which quota charges for the
user's storage usage are made and is the group that defines the group ownership for
all files created by the user. The primary group applies to users set up locally on the
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