Seagate NAS OS 4 U User Manual page 54

Your NAS's storage is divided into shares, also known as network folders. The Shares page allows you to create
new shares, assign access rights to users and groups, and to adjust services by share. By default, your NAS OS
device has two shares, admin and Public. You can begin working with these shares immediately and create new
Note on the admin share name: The name of the share admin will update automatically if the
administrator changes the login name from the default admin. For example, if the administrator
Important info: In text fields, you can enter 1 to 20 characters using letters, numbers, hyphens, and
underscores. No other symbols, special characters, punctuation, or spaces may be used. Do not
Allotting storage and network permissions for multiple departments and users in a branch office or corporate
network can be complicated. It takes forethought and planning to configure which user is part of what group with
access to how many shares. For this reason, the settings Shares, Users, and Groups are closely related in NAS OS.
The cross-functionality between these three settings allows the administrator to add users to groups in the
Users or Groups settings as well as shares to users and groups in the Users and Groups settings. The wizard for
each setting prompts the administrator to choose shares, users, and groups. Additionally, users and groups can
However, creating a new share, user, or group requires that the administrator use its respective setting. For
example, the administrator must choose the Shares setting to add a new share and the Users setting to add a
new user. Though each setting can be revised at any time, it is highly recommended that the administrator plan
ahead when first adding shares, users, and groups to NAS OS. With a map of users, groups, and shares, the
To get started, the administrator adds the 20 shares using the Add share wizard on the Shares page. The
administrator ignores the prompts to add users and groups to each share since new users and groups have yet
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.used her name, Sally, during the installation, admin becomes Sally
.be added to a new share when following the Add share wizard
.administrator can simplify access rights. See the example below
Sample setup: Shares, Users, and Groups
.An administrator has mapped permissions for 40 shares, 20 users, and 10 groups
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