Synology DiskStation User Manual page 62

6 If you want to encrypt the shared folder, do the following:
a Tick Encrypt this shared folder
choose the size of the AES encryption key in the
b Tick Mount automatically on startup
tick this checkbox, the encrypted folder will be unmounted next time Synology DiskStation restarts. To view
or access an unmounted folder, you will need to mount the folder manually by importing or entering the
encryption key.
7 If you want to define Windows ACL privileges for the shared folder, click the
Windows ACL Privileges for Shared Folder" on Page 64 for more information.
8 If you want to index contents within this shared folder, click the File Indexing tab. See "Index Shared Folder
Contents" on Page 65 for more information.
9 Click OK.
Note: One Synology DiskStation can contain up to 100 or 200
Remove a Shared Folder
If you are admin or a user belonging to the administrators group, you can remove any shared folder created by
yourself.
To remove a shared folder:
1 Select the shared folder you want to remove from the shared folder list.
2 Click Delete, and tick the checkbox on the dialogue prompt for confirmation.
3 Click OK.
Important: Removing any shared folder also removes all data within it. If you still need the data, back them up first.
Allow Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders
Go to Main Menu > Control Panel
folders.
To allow users or groups to access a shared folder:
1 Select the shared folder you want to edit from the shared folders list, click
Setup from the drop-down menu to open the settings window.
2 Click the Privilege Setup

System Internal user: Anonymous FTP user. Before allowing anonymous FTP users to connect to a
shared folder, you need to allow their access to the folder first.

Local users: Synology DiskStation users (including guest). See "Create and Edit Users" on Page 56 for
more information.
3 Tick or uncheck the following privileges to assign access privileges for the users or groups:

Read/Write (RW): The user or group can access and make changes to the files and subfolders in the
shared folder.

Read only (RO): The user or group can access the files and subfolders in the shared folder, but cannot
make changes to them.

No access (NA): The user or group cannot access the files and subfolders in the shared folder.
Note: To set the access privileges to subfolders, you can use File Station. See "View or Change File or Folder
Permissions" on Page 79 for more information.
4 Click the Advanced privileges
 Disable directory browsing
 Disable modification of existing files
 Disable file downloading
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in the window that appears, enter and confirm the encryption key, and then
Encryption key size(bit)
to mount the encrypted folder automatically for access. If you didn't
> Shared Folder to allow or deny users' or groups' access to the shared
tab, and select any of the following from the drop-down menu:
tab if you want to do any of the following:
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field.
Windows ACL
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shared folders, including the built-in shared folders.
Privileges
www.synology.com for more information.
Based on DSM 4.1
tab. See "Define
and choose Privileges