Managing shares, groups, and users – Castelle Office Direct OfficeDirect Storage Server User Manual
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Groups
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View the current Groups, modify their access to Shares, and
add or delete Users from any Group.
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Create new Groups, or delete existing Groups.
Shares
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Create, delete and modify Shares. A "Share" is a folder
(directory) which Users can access.
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Access rights are set by Group rather than by individual user.
Users
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View the list of existing users, and modify individual user data.
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Create or delete individual users.
Remember:
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The guest and admin users cannot be deleted.
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The admin user cannot be removed or moved from its
existing group, "administrator”.
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By default, the admin user has no password. Assigning a
password is recommended.
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The admin user, and all other members of the
administrator group, always have Read/Write access to
all shares and folders.
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This section assists the Storage Server administrator in managing
and controlling access to the Storage Server.
Terminology
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A Share is a folder on the Storage Server which can be
accessed by client PCs on the LAN.
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Access rights (Read-only or Read-Write) are granted to a
Group (group of users), rather than to individual users.
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Each Share can only be accessed by a single Group.
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A Group can have access to many Shares.
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Each individual User can belong to many Groups.