Securing Your
Groups
Groups Overview
Groups consist of one or more users, and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the ix4- 300d Network Storage. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups page enables administrators to create one or more groups, and grant each group rights to Shares on the
Refer to the Security page to enable security permissions and create an administrator account, if you have not done so already.
By default, there are no groups defined. Once an administrator defines one or more groups, the Groups functionality is dynamically available when creating, modifying, and viewing users, Shares, and groups.
How Access Rights Are Granted Using Groups in Workgroup Mode
When groups are defined in Workgroup mode, a user's access rights are the most rights granted to the user and all groups to which the user belongs. For example, assume 3 Shares exist (SF1, SF2, and SF3), two users (UserA and UserB), and three groups (Group1, Group2, Group3). When created, UserA was not granted access rights to any Share, and UserB was granted Read rights to SF3. Group1 has Read/Write rights to SF1, Group2 has Read/Write rights to SF2, and Group3 has Read/Write rights to SF3. If UserA is added to Group1, UserB is added to Group2, and Group1 is added to Group3, the table below shows the resulting access rights for each user and group defined:
Name |
| Member of Group |
| Access Rights |
UserA |
| Group1, Group3 |
| SF1 - Read/Write SF3 - Read/Write |
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UserB |
| Group2 |
| SF2 - Read/Write SF3 - Read |
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Group1 |
| Group3 |
| SF1 - Read/Write SF3 - Read/Write |
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Group2 |
| none |
| SF2 - Read/Write |
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Group3 |
| none |
| SF3 - Read/Write |
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Adding Groups
1.On the Groups page, click 
Add a group. The Information section opens.
2.From the Information section, give the new group a name.
3.To add users to the group, click 
Add users. Select a user or users to include in the group. Select the checkbox in the title bar to add all listed users.
4.Click Apply to save your changes.
Managing Groups
The page describes how to:
●Remove a User from a Group
●Change Access Permissions
65 Groups
