Iomega Network Device manual Adding a User Account, Section topics

certain actions. A permission is a rule associated with an object (usually a file, folder, or share) that regulates which users, and in what manner those users, can access the object. Any local or domain user who is a member of the local Administrator group on the DataSafe NAS has administrative privileges on the DataSafe NAS. Likewise, any user who is a member of a group that has been assigned to the Administrator group on the local computer has administrative privileges for that computer. For example, you could assign the TeamLeads groups, consisting of Tom, Mary, Hazel and Jim to the Administrative group on the DataSafe NAS. Each of the TeamLeads group members would then have administrative privileges on the DataSafe NAS.

Section topics

This section contains the following topics:

n“Adding a User Account” on page 94

n“Removing a User Account” on page 96

n“Setting a User Password” on page 97

n“Modifying User Properties” on page 98

Adding a User Account

When you add a user account, you should include a user name, the user's full name, a brief description of the account, and an account password.

Keep in mind that user names must be unique, and must not duplicate the name of any existing group.

A user name cannot be identical to any other user or group name on the computer being administered. A user name can contain up to 20 uppercase or lowercase characters except for the following: " / \ [ ] :

; = , + * ? < >. Additionally, a user name cannot consist solely of periods (.) or spaces.

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