Western Digital ShareSpace User Manual page 65

To create a share on the volume:
1. Click the Create icon
2. Enter a share name in the Share field. The share name can contain up to 32
characters, including alphabetic, numeric, or underscore characters.
3. Enter a brief description in the Description field.
4. Click a file sharing protocol next to Services. The network storage system
supports the following file sharing services (protocols):
• CIFS (Common Internet File System) - Allows access to share files via the CIFS
protocol. The access control for CIFS is set as share folder-based. This means that a user
must enter a valid account and password for accessing the share, and users can only access
the shares to which they have been granted access rights (Read Only or Full Access). CIFS
is the recommended file sharing protocol for Windows platform, and allows users to access
shares through My Network Places. Mac OS X or later also supports the CIFS protocol.
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used to transfer data from one
computer to another through a network, such as the internet, using an FTP client program.
FTP is a popular choice for exchanging files independent of the operating systems involved.
• HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a communications protocol for the transfer of
information on the intranet and the World Wide Web.
• NFS (Network File System) is a network file system protocol used by Linux and Unix
computer systems.
5. Select a logical volume you want to share from the Volume list.
6. Click Setup access control after creating this share to set access control
for the new share.
7. Click Submit.
To modify properties of the share:
1. Select the share you want to modify, then click the Modify icon
2. Enter a new share name. The share name can contain up to 32 characters,
including alphabetic, numeric, or underscore characters.
3. Enter a brief description.
4. Select a file sharing protocol.
5. Click Submit.
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