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Next, tick some domain account to be cached in NAS server.
4. Share the volume to network users.
Go to the Security→File/Folder menu. Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing
column (or click Modify if the volume has been shared). On the Property page, check the Windows
Network (SMB/CIFS) checkbox and click Apply.
5. Set the share permissions.
After sharing the volume, specify the access rights of local users/groups and domain users/groups.
Now Windows users can access the NAS server. They can run the Windows Explorer and open the
path of \\nasserver. The shared folder volume01 will appear in the window. Windows users can also
map a network drive to \\nasserver\volume01 or use the net use command in the Command
Prompt window. The command will be like:net use n:\\nasserver\volume01
8.3 Accessing from Web Browsers
In addition to the administration homepage, the NAS server provides the user homepage for normal
users to access data in the server. With a web browser, users can download files, create folders,
upload files and modify ACL. To enable user access from web, please follow the steps.
1. Enable the user homepage.
Open the administration page and enter the Network→Web menu. Check the Enable Web Data
Access check-box. Specify whether to allow local accounts only or allow both local and domain
accounts to access the user page. Check other parameters and click Apply.
2. Create local user accounts or retrieve domain accounts from the domain controller, depending on
whether the NAS server is in the workgroup mode or the domain mode.
3. Share the volume to network users.
Go to the Security→File/Folder menu. Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing
column (or click Modify if the volume has been shared). On the Property page, check the Web
Access (HTTP) check-box and click Apply.
4. Set the share permissions.
After sharing the volume, click the Share Permissions tab to specify the access rights of local
users/groups and domain
Now users can run the web browser and open the IP address of 192.168.170.172 to browse the NAS
server. When the user homepage is opened, it prompts for user name and password. Then it will
display all shared folder after user login. The user homepage will be like:
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