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6. Managing GoFlex Home
Passwords must be at least six characters long and must include one number. Passwords are
case-sensitive.
7.
Select Create as Administrator if you want this person to be able to do the same home
network manager tasks as you.
8.
Click Submit.
The user account is created, and the person can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as their
computer is added to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 19 for Windows
or page 28 for Mac).
Editing or Removing an Existing User Account
You can change the details of an existing GoFlex Home user account at any time. You can:
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Change the password.
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Give or remove manager permissions, which allow the user to change GoFlex Home
account settings.
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Give or remove access to the GoFlex Home Public folder.
If necessary, you can also remove a user account from GoFlex Home. You might want to do
this to make one of your five included user accounts available to someone else in the
household, or to shut down the account of someone who no longer requires access to your
GoFlex Home network storage system.
To edit or remove an existing user account:
1.
Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 30), then click Preferences.
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Open and log in to Seagate Share (see page 33), click Go To, then click Preferences.
2.
Click Edit User.
The Edit User screen opens.
3.
Select the user name, make the required changes, then click Submit.
Or,
Select the user name, click Delete, then click OK to confirm.
The user account is updated or deleted. If you changed someone's password, make sure to
share the new one with him or her.
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