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Managing group names
Group management follows many of the same principles as user management.
It is recommended that group naming conventions be systematic and easy to understand. Make
the group name convey some logical information about the function or purpose of the group.
Table 7
Table 7: Group Name Examples
Group Name
Administrators
Users
Power users
Using tags is a helpful convention that indicates the specific access that a particular user has to
a network resource. For example, if there is a data share on the device, the network
administrator can create a "Data Users ROnly" group and a "Data Users RWrite" group to
contain users that have read only or read write access on the share, respectively.
Workgroup user and group management
In a workgroup environment, users and groups are managed through the WebUI of the NAS
server. Within the Users option, there are two choices:
User and group administrative tasks include adding, deleting, and modifying user and group
information. Managing local users and managing local groups are discussed in the following
paragraphs.
NAS 1500s and 500s Administration Guide
provides examples of group names.
Managing local users
Managing local groups
Description
All designated administrators on the server
All standard server users
All standard server users requiring advanced access levels
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