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Create and Edit Users
Follow the steps below to create a user account. The user can login to edit his/her account info after the user
account has been established. You can also choose to set an account expiration date or disallow the user to
change account password.
To create a user account:
1 Click Create to open the
2 Enter the user name and other information, and click Next.
3 In the Join Group section, tick the checkboxes to select the user group for the user, and click Next. By default,
the user is categorized under the
Note: For more information about groups, see "Create and Edit Groups" on Page 59.
4 In the Assign Privileges – shared folder
a Assign the following shared folder privileges for the user:
 Read/Write: The user can access and make changes to the files and subfolders in the shared folder.

Read only: The user can access the files and subfolders in the shared folder, but cannot make changes
to them.

No access: The user cannot access the files and subfolders in the shared folder.
b See Privilege preview
and the groups joined by the user.
c See Group privileges
Note:
 When you encounter privilege conflicts, the privilege priority is as follows:
only.
 For more information about editing a group's access privileges to shared folders, see "Allow Users or Groups to
Access Shared Folders" on Page 62.
5 In the User quota setting
a Tick Enable quota
b Click Next.
6 In the Assign Privileges – applications
7 Tick the checkboxes under or next to
8 Click Apply to finish.
To create a user account by importing users list:
1 Create a text file which contains the following tab-delimited information in each line:
 Username
 Password
 Description
 Email
 Quota (MB) in volume 1
 Quota (MB) in volume 2 (and so on)
Note:
 All fields are optional except Username.
 An example of the text file is shown as follows:
eddy 1234 father
rosy 5678 mother
chaddy 8901 brother
eric 2345 cousin
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User Creation Wizard.
users group.
section, do the following:
to see the user's privilege that is decided based on the privileges setting of the user
for the shared folder privileges of the group the user belongs to.
section, do the following if you want to set the maximum storage quota for the user.
and enter a value under the
section, assign the application privileges for this user, and click Next.
Enable speed limit
eddy@abc.com
rosy@abc.com
chaddy@abc.com
eric@abc.com
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No access
Quota column.
to apply file transfer speed limit.
80000
80000
20000
20000
Based on DSM 4.1
> Read/Write > Read