Synology DiskStation User Manual page 80

Create a Shared Folder
If you are admin or a user belonging to the administrators group, you can also create shared folders and assign
access privileges to the folders.
To create a new shared folder:
1 Click Create.
2 Enter the name and description for the shared folder, and select a volume
3 Tick
Places".
Note:
pressing Windows-R and entering \\Synology_Server_Name\Shared_Folder_Name in the
4 If you want to encrypt the shared folder, do the following:
a Tick
Encryption key
b Tick
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.
5 If you want to define Windows ACL privileges for the shared folder, click the
tab. See "Define Windows ACL Privileges for Shared Folder" on Page 85 for more information.
6 If you want to index contents within this shared folder, click the File Indexing tab. See "Index Shared Folder
Contents" on Page 86 for more information.
7 Click OK.
Note:
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Multiple volumes are available only on DiskStation with more than 1 bay.
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200 shared folders are supported on specific models only. See "Appendix A: Synology DiskStation Specifications" on Page
219 for more information.
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Hide this shared folder in "My Network Places"
If you have access privilege to a shared folder hidden in "My Network Places", you can still access it by
Encrypt this shared folder
field, and enter the same key again in the
Mount automatically on startup
One Synology DiskStation can contain up to 100 or 200
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if you want to hide the folder in Windows "My Network
in the window that appears, and then enter the encryption key in the
Confirm key
to mount the encrypted folder automatically for access. If you didn't
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shared folders, including the built-in shared folders.
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where the folder will be created.
Open field.
field to confirm it.
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