3-Administering the MaxNAS R8
5.2 Group Administration
When providing shares to non Active Directory clients, the MaxNAS R8 provides its own user and group administration. Permissions and authorization for users and groups are assigned to each folder shared. To access group control please navigate to “Local Users and Groups”
5.2.1 Creating Groups |
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To create a new group, click | in the Local |
Group Configuration screen. In the following screen (illustrated right) enter the new group name and assign users by selecting the desired users from the “User List” pane (right,) and click and drag them to the “Member List” pane (left.) to remove any users, selecting
the desired users from the “Member List” pane (left,) click and drag them to the “User List” pane (right.) Please note that spaces, slashes or commas are not valid for group names. Click
Apply to finalize the action.
5.2.2 Removing Groups
To remove a group, select the group in the Local Group Configuration Screen to remove and
click 
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5.2.3 Modifying Existing Group Membership |
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You may modify any groups’ user membership by selecting the group and clicking | . The |
Local Group Setting dialog will appear (see section 5.2.1 above.) Assign users by selecting the desired users from the “User List” pane (right,) and click and drag them to the “Member List” pane (left.) to remove any users, selecting the desired users from the “Member List” pane (left,) click and drag them to the “User List” pane (right.) Please note that spaces, slashes or commas are not valid for group names. Click Apply to finalize the action.
5.3 Local User Configuration
When providing folder access to non Active Directory clients, the MaxNAS R8 provides its own user and group administration. Permissions and authorization for users and groups are assigned to each folder shared. To access group control please navigate to “Local Users and Groups”
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