ReadyNAS OS 6.2

The selected ReadyCLOUD user can no longer use his or her ReadyCLOUD account to access your ReadyNAS system.

Manage Permissions for ReadyCLOUD Users

By default, when you grant access to ReadyCLOUD users, those users can view and edit shared folders on your ReadyNAS system.

You use the ReadyCLOUD web portal to configure the access rights to individual shared folders. For each shared folder, you can specify which ReadyCLOUD users have permission to view or edit the folder. The following table lists the access right options.

Table 11. Access right options

Access Right

Description

Read-only

The user with this permission can read files on this shared folder, but cannot

 

edit or create files on this shared folder.

Read/write

A user with this permission can read, edit, and create files on this shared

 

folder.

Read-only for everyone with excep- tions

Read/write for everyone with excep- tions

Disabled with exceptions

Access to this shared folder is read-only for all users except for one or more users who are granted read/write permission.

Access to this shared folder is read/write for all users except for one or more users who are granted read-only permission.

Access to this shared folder is disabled for all users except for one or more users who are granted either read-only or read/write permission.

To set the ReadyCLOUD access rights for a shared folder:

1.Open a web browser and visit http://readycloud.netgear.com.

2.From the top menu bar, select Sign In near the top right corner of the screen.

3.In the pop-up screen that displays, enter your ReadyCLOUD account credentials and click the Sign In button.

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NETGEAR READYNAS 104 Manage Permissions for ReadyCLOUD Users, To set the ReadyCLOUD access rights for a shared folder

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