MANAGING SHARES, GROUPS, AND USERS
ADMINISTRATION 21
Special Shares, Groups & Users
The Storage Server has pre-defined shares, groups and users that
may not be deleted, although limited modif ications may be made.
Shares & Folders
Groups
Users
HDD1
(Share name
matches Drive
Name)
• Each disk drive has a share which matches the drive
name. This is the root folder. Backing up this share
backs up all data on the drive.
•The administrator group ALWAYS has Read/Write
access to this share.
public share • By default, the everyone group has Read/Write access
to this folder. This can not be changed, so ALL users
always have Read/Write access to the public share.
• This share can not be deleted.
spool folder • System folder, accessed via the Browse menu, holds
print jobs waiting to be printed.
• Deleting a file in this folder will cancel the
corresponding print job.
everyone • This group cannot be deleted.
• All users are members of this group, and cannot be
removed from this group.
• By default, this group has Read/Write access to the
public share. This can not be changed, but access to
other shares can be granted or revoked.
administrator • ALWAYS has Read/Write access to ALL shares.
• This group cannot be deleted.
•The admin user cannot be removed from this group, but
other users may be added or deleted.
admin • This user cannot be deleted.
•The admin user is a member of the administrator group, and
has Read/Write access to all shares.
• By default, the admin user has no password, but a password
can be assigned. Assigning a password is recommended.