Synology DiskStation User Manual page 58

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Minimum password
number between 6 and 127.
4 Click Apply.
To cancel password strength rules:
1 Click Password Strength.
2 Uncheck Apply password strength
3 Click Apply.
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.
For DSM admin and users belonging to the administrators group, DSM users' home folders are here:
homes/[Username]
To enable user home service:
1 Click User Home.
2 Tick Enable user home
3 If there is more than one volume on Synology DiskStation, select where you want the homes folder to be
stored.
4 Click OK.
To disable user home service:
1 Click User Home.
2 Uncheck Enable user home
When the user home service is disabled, the homes folder will be kept but accessible by admin only. Users can
access their home folders again if the user home service is enabled again.
Note:
 To delete the homes folder, the user home service must be disabled first.
 The domain user home service would be disabled if the local user home service is disabled.
Create Domain/LDAP User's Home Folder
If you have joined your DiskStation to a directory service as a Windows domain or LDAP client, you can go to
Main Menu > Control Panel
home folder.
To create the home folders for domain/LDAP users:
1 Click User Home.
2 Tick Enable home service for domain users
3 Click OK.
For DSM admin or users belonging to the administrators group (including domain administrators),
domain/LDAP users' home folders are in the folder named @DH-domain name (for domain users) or @LH-
FQDN name (for LDAP users). The name of the user's home folder is the user account plus a unique number.
Like local users, all domain/LDAP users can access their own home folder via CIFS, AFP, FTP, WebDAV, or File
Station.
admin and users belonging to the administrators group can access all personal folders located in the homes
default shared folder.
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length: The password must be longer than the specified value. The length should be a
rules.
service.
service.
> Directory Service > Domain users
or Enable home service for LDAP
Synology DiskStation User's Guide
or LDAP user to create domain/LDAP users'
users.
Based on DSM 4.1