Acer Altos EasyStore - Removing Users

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4 . Make the desired change and click OK :
For this type of user Do this
Windows/Mac OS X
user (CIFS)
Linux/Other Mac
user
(NFS)
Enter the password for accessing the shared folders. (You must
enter
the password a second time to confirm it.)
Note: If the user name and password specified here are the
same
as the person’s Windows user name and password, the
person
will not be prompted to provide a user name and
password
when accessing the shared folders.
Enter the computer’s IP address or the actual computer name
in
the computer's system configuration.
A single user can actually represent multiple computers. In the
IP address or computer name text box, you can use the
wildcard
characters * and ? to indicate a range of names. For
example,
client* or client? would include all computers in
the subnet whose name begins with client . *.company.com
would include all computers in the domain company.com.
However, these wildcards cannot be used with IP addresses.
Note: If the user is currently connected to a shared folder,
changing
this information will disconnect the user.
Removing users
In local authentication mode, you can remove any user except the guest user . In
Active Directory authentication mode, you an remove any Linux user or any Mac
user not running Mac OS X, but you cannot remove any Windows/Mac OS X user .
Those can be removed only on the Active Directory server .
If you remove a user who is currently connected to the storage system , tha t user
remains
connected until the user disconnects from the shared folder or shuts down the
computer .
To remove a user:
1 . In the naviga t ion bar , click Users .
2 . Select the radio button next to the user that you wan t to remove.
3. Click Remove .
Note: If the storage system uses Active Directory authentica t ion mode
and you select a Windows/Mac OS X user , this button displays dimmed.
4 . When prompted to confirm the removal, click OK .
The user no longer displays in the list on the Users page.