- Log into your NAS using your Administrators credentials
- From the desktop of DSM select Control Panel
- Now under the heading File Sharing select User and Group
- In the User and Group panel select the Group tab button so that you can either edit or create a Group.
Note: By default you will find three groups, Administrators, http and Users. While there should be no need to change any permissions in Administrators and http. As all new user accounts will automatically get added to Users. We like to edit the Users group to give all users access permissions to specific network shares.
- In order to create a new Group if you select Create you will open a Group Creation Wizard
- In the group name field enter the name of your group
Note: When naming groups it’s important to follow set conventions. So while a group name is not case sensitive and can be between 1 and 32 characters in length. You can not have a space as the first and last character or use any of the following symbols:
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- The Group description does not need to be filled. However it can be useful to make a note of what a new groups is for.
Note: The Description field is case sensitive and limited to 64 characters
- After choosing Next you can assign user accounts to your new Group.
- When you select Next you will be shown the network shares on your NAS. Tick the check boxes to any shares that you want your group to have permissions to.
- Now at Assign Group Quotas, we can limit the amount of data this Group will be able to save to your NAS. This option can be useful if you have limited storage capacity on your NAS.
- Set Group Speed limits will stop members of this group from being able to use too much internet bandwidth when using certain services.
- At the Summary after clicking Done, our new group is created.
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