Acer Altos EasyStore - Assigning Users to Shared Folders

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Assign ing users to shared folders
For any shared folder or USB disk, you can specify which users can access it and
what
level of access they have.
When you add a user to the list of authorized users for a shared folder or USB disk,
tha
t change t akes effect immedia t ely . However , if you remove a user from the list of
authorized
users, or if you change the user’s access righ t s , the change does no t
t
ake effect until t hat user disconnects from the shared folder or USB disk, or shuts
down
the compu t er .
For example , the user Alice migh t have read/write access to the Budget shared
folder
. If Alice is currently connected to that shared folder and you subsequently
remove her from the list of authorized users or change her access level to read-only ,
she will continue to have read/write access to that folder until she disconnects or shuts
down her compu t er . The next time she connects , she will either not have
access (if she was removed from the list of authorized users), or she will be able to
only
view the files there (if her access level was changed).
To change user access to shared folders and USB disks:
1 . In the naviga t ion bar , click Shared Folders .
2 . In the Shared folders list, select the shared folder or USB disk whose user
access
you want to change.
3. Click Assign Access .
4 . Select the type of user that you want to assign, change the access level f or , or
remove
, and t hen click Next .
The opera t ing system used by t he user determines which option you should
choose—
W i ndows / Mac OS X user (C IF S) or Linux/Other Mac user (NFS) .
Note: Linux users and Mac users who are no t using OS X access
shared folders using NFS. In t his environment, access to shared folders is
given to
entire computers, not to individual users of those computers. However , in
Windows
and Mac OS X environments, each computer user can have
individual
access to a shared folder .
Although you can choose only user type a t a time, you can assign both types of
users to the same shared folder .