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To create a local group:
1. Go to Security→Account→Local Account menu.
2. Click the Add Group button.
3. Type in the group name.
4. If you want to grant the administrator privilege to this group, click the Grand administrator
privilege check box.
5. Select the users from the left hand windows and click the >> button to join the group.
6. Click Apply to save the setting.
To view and change local user property:
1. Go to Security→Account→Local Account menu.
2. Select a user.
3. Click the Property button.
4. If you want to change the password, enter a new password and confirm.
5. If you want to disable this user account, click the Disable user account checkbox.
6. Select a group from the left hand window and click the >> button to add the user as a member of
this group in the Member of section.
7. Click Apply to save the setting. To view and change local group property,
The NAS server provides a mechanism for administrators to create multiple accounts at one time. It
imports accounts from a text file and create local accounts accordingly. The text file defines some
parameters related to the accounts, like passwords, user quotas, groups, etc. Also it can be used to
create user folders in a batch. Below is an example of the text file.
# username, password, group, user quota, user folder, folder quota, create default ACL
user001, aa1aa1, groupA, 1GB, /vol-1/users/user001, 1GB, yes
user002, bb2bb2, groupA, 1GB, /vol-1/users/user002, 1GB, yes
user101, 101101, groupB,10GB, /vol-1/users/user101,10GB, no
It is suggested that administrators use Microsoft Excel to maintain the account file, then save it
as .CSV files, in which fields are delimited by commas. Thus, the advance features of Microsoft Excel,
like filling in a series of numbers or items, easy copy and paste, can be used.
To mass import local accounts,