User manual BUFFALO HD-HG160LAN

[. . . ] Gigabit LinkStation HD-HGLAN Series User Manual www. buffalotech. com v5. 4 Introduction Welcome to the LinkStation User Manual!This manual will help you configure your LinkStation. This user manual uses images representative of LinkStation user interfaces and software. Future user interfaces and software may be available for download from: http://www. buffalotech. com (Support Section - Downloads). [. . . ] For example, in the image above, Group1 (which includes Bob and Jane) is selected. This means that Bob, Jane, and Richard will be the only users who will have access to this shared folder. Press the Apply button when you're finished making your selections. Security Settings Groups allow for quicker security administration. A group is a group of users with specific rights to specific shared folders. A business may want to make a Manager group and add all of its managers to the group. This group could have access to a shared folder that the regular employees do not have access to. By default there is a share called hdusers. Add New Group: This begins the process of creating a new group. Edit Group: This allows group settings to be changed. Users can be added or removed from the group here. Delete Group: This button deletes a group. The users inside the group will still exist but will no longer be members of the deleted group. Security - Add New Group Group Name: This will be the name of the group. The name should reflect the types of users added. For example, the managers's group could be named `Managers'. Group Description: The group description should be used to differentiate the different groups on LinkStation. A brief sentence or phrase regarding the users inside of the group is recommended. Select Affiliated Users: Select the users that are to be added to this new group. The check box next to the user's name should be checked if they are to be added to the group. Users can be added to or removed from the group at a later time by editing the group and checking or unchecking their respective boxes. Clicking Apply will set the settings. Security Settings - Shared Folder Setup User accounts allow LinkStation to limit access to certain or all shared folders. This password is used to obtain the data inside the shared folder. If a user does not have the proper user account credentials, then access to the data will be denied. [. . . ] To remedy the situation, you must create all shares using the same login and password information. Please follow the steps on the next page to remedy this problem. Troubleshooting - Multiple Shares When mapping any share, select the `Connect using a different user name' option. A login and password prompt will appear. Enter the same username and password for all LinkStation shares. [. . . ]