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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide
Manage Local Users
A local user or group account is an account that exists on the server appliance itself and
grants users or groups access to its resources. The server appliance can also be configured to
grant access to domain users and groups. Domain users and groups are those that exist in a
Microsoft® Windows NT® 4 or Microsoft® Active Directory™ domain. You can add
local users, domain users, and domain groups to local groups.
Users and groups are important in Microsoft Windows® Powered security because you can
assign permissions to limit the ability of users and groups to perform certain actions. A
permission is a rule associated with an object, usually a file, folder, or share, that regulates
which users, and in what manner those users can access the object. Any local or domain
user who is a member of the local administrator group on the server appliance has
administrative privileges on the server appliance. Likewise, any user who is a member of a
group that has been assigned to the administrator group on the local computer has
administrative privileges for that computer. For example, you could assign the TeamLeads
groups, consisting of Tom, Mary, Hazel, and Jim to the administrative group on the server
appliance. Each of the TeamLeads group members would then have administrative
privileges on the server appliance.
Adding a User Account
When you add a user account, you should include a user name, the user's full name, a brief
description of the account, and an account password.
Keep in mind that user names must be unique, and must not duplicate the name of any
existing group.
Other limitations exist on user names:
A user name cannot be identical to any other user or group name on the computer
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A user name can contain up to 20 uppercase or lowercase characters except for the
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following: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + ? < >.
Additionally, a user name cannot consist solely of periods (.) or spaces.
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Related Topics
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Adding a User Account
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Removing a User Account
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Setting a User Password
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Modifying User Properties
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