User manual LINKSYS EFG40

[. . . ] Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive Use this Guide to install these Linksys products: · 10/100 Instant GigaDrive - 20 Gigabytes (EFG20) · 10/100 Instant GigaDrive - 40 Gigabytes (EFG40) User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant EtherFast is a trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] This can be changed, and access to other shares can be granted or revoked. Administrator The administrator group always has Read/Write access to every share. The admin user cannot be removed from this group, but other users may be added or deleted. Shares HDD1 HDD1 is the administrative root folder, provided so the administrator can backup all of the GigaDrive's data by simply backing up the contents of this folder. The administrator group always has Read/Write access to this share. Public By default, the everyone group has Read/Write access to the public folder. The public folder's access rights can be changed, but it can't be deleted. Nested Shares The Instant GigaDrive allows a folder inside a share to also be configured as a share. This allows the nesting of shares to any depth, just like the folders on your PC's hard drive. If you use this feature, you need to be aware of the following points. · In Windows' Network Neighborhood, all shares are listed on the same level, making the nesting completely invisible. · Users cannot tell whether or not a sub-folder is in fact a nested share. Nested Shares and Access Rights Anyone with access to one share automatically has access to every share beneath it. You can not provide access to an outer share while preventing access to an inner share (Figure 1). You can, however, deny access to an upper share by granting a group's access only to the shares beneath it (Figure 2). Because of this, shares access flows down, but does not flow up. Your most sensitive data should therefore be stored in the outermost or upper share, not in the innermost share. Figure 1 Figure 2 20 21 Linksys Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive Multiple Access Rights While access to a share can be assigned to only one group, it is possible for more than one group to access a share if nested shares are used. For example, in figure 1, if access to the uppermost share is assigned to Group 1, and access to one of the folders beneath the uppermost share is assigned to Group 2, Groups 1 and 2 will both have access to that second share as well as all the shares beneath it. Common Administrative Tasks Creating Users Click the Users icon in the Administration Menu. When the Users Administration screen pops up, click the New User button. Enter the new user's name, password (twice for confirmation), whether or not you wish to limit the user's GigaDrive storage space, and which groups you would like to add the user to. Editing User Details Click the User icon in the Administration Menu. When the Users Administration screen pops up, select the user you would like to edit, then click Modify. [. . . ] Ask the GigaDrive Administrator to create a user name for you. (Use the same name as your Logon name. ) · You do not have access permission for this share. Ask the GigaDrive Administrator to grant you access. When using the Web interface, some of the data will not fit on the screen, and there is no scroll bar. [. . . ]