Acer Altos EasyStore - Changing the Authentication Mode

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Removing a group
In local authentication mode, removing a group does not remove the users that are
members of that group; it simply means that the group will no longer appear in the
Groups list on the Groups page. The users remain listed on the Users &
Computers
page. (In Active Directory authentication mode , you cannot remove a
group on the storage system. That can be done only on t he Active Directory server.)
However , removing a group can af f ect access to shared folders. When you remove
a group, the members of that group will no longer have access to any shared folders
tha
t the group was authorized to access unless they were granted individual access
as well.
For example , the Executives group might include Alice , Bob, and Carlos, and that
group
might have read/write access to the Budge t shared folder . If you remove the
Executives
group, Alice, Bob, and Carlos remain users, but they will no longer have
any
access to that shared folder .
On the other hand, if the Executives group had read/write access to the Budget shared
folder , bu t Alice had read-only access, when you remove the group, Bob and Carlos will
no longer have access to the Budget shared folder (since their access rights were
determined by their group membership), but Alice will con t inue to have read-only
access, since tha t access righ t was granted to her on a user level.
To remove a group :
1 . In the naviga t ion bar , click Users .
2 . In the le ft pane , click Groups .
3 . In the Groups list, select the group that you wan t to remove .
4. Click Remove .
Note: If the storage system uses Active Directory authentica t ion mode,
this button displays dimmed .
5 . When prompted to confirm the removal, click OK .
The group no longer displays in the Groups lis t.
Chang ing the authenticat ion mode
Your storage system can opera t e in one o f two modes:
l Local authentication mode
l Active Directory authentication mode