Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl User Guide
Adding Users
To add a user:
1. Navigate to the Users page.
2. Before you can create or modify users, you must have
StorCenter Iomega device . If security is already enabled, you are ready to add users. If not, a
pop-up window appears for enabling security and create an administrator user to manage your
secured Iomega device .
3. To add a new user, click
4. Enter the following information:
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Username — enter the username of the user to be created. This is the username for
logging into the Iomega device . There is a maximum of 32 characters, and spaces are
not allowed. The following are not valid usernames: root, daemon, bin, sys, sync, mail,
proxy, www-data, backup, operator, sshd, postfix, nobody, unuser, guest, and rsync.
•
Descriptive Name — add a descriptive name to identify the user. For example, if you
created a user with a Username of jsmith, you may want to add the Descriptive Name
Joe Smith.
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Password — create a password for the user. The password should be between 8 and 12
characters, and spaces are not allowed.
•
Confirm Password — confirm the password. If the text in this field does not match the
text in the Password field, an error will be returned.
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Quota Size — set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes. This limits the amount
of storage space this user can have. To have no quota, leave this field blank.
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Administrator — check this box to allow this user to manage the Iomega device .
Note: An administrator does not have default access to all Shares. Access to Shares
must be granted explicitly to all users, including administrators.
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Add a secured Share for this user — check this box to create a secured Share for this
user. This Share will have the new user's name, and allows access only to that user.
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Send a Personal Cloud invitation — click this link to invite a user to join your Personal
Cloud on the Iomega device . This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box
where you create an invitation by entering a user's email address along with any
additional comments. A user then receives the invitation, which contains the Personal
Cloud name and username and password. A user enters that information from Iomega
Storage Manager . For more information on this, refer to the online help with Iomega
Storage Manager . You see this option only if a
Iomega device .
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Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud — check this box to allow
a user to
either a computer or another Iomega device , that belongs to an added user. Only
trusted devices that belong to users that have been added to the Iomega device can
join the Iomega Personal Cloud . This option displays only if a
created
5. Click Create.
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Add a user.
join a trusted device
to a Personal Cloud. A trusted device is a machine,
on the Iomega device .
security enabled
on your Iomega
Personal Cloud has been created
Personal Cloud has been
on the
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