Synology DS411SLIM manual Encrypt a Shared Folder, To manage domain group’s access privileges

Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 3.1

To manage domain group’s access privileges:

For each domain group, you can also configure the permission of all shared folders. The priority of privileges is: NA > RW > RO.

Encrypt a Shared Folder

Go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Shared Folder to encrypt your shared folder. 1

The AES 256-bit encryption can block off all unauthorized access attempts. Without the encryption key, other people will not be able to use the encrypted data even if they remove the hard drives from your

Synology DiskStation and mount it on their device.

To encrypt a shared folder:

1Select a shared folder you want to encrypt, and then click Edit to open the settings window.

2Tick Encrypt this shared folder, enter the encryption key in the Encryption key field, and enter the same key again in the Confirm key field.

3Tick Mount automatically on startup to mount the encrypted folder automatically after Synology DiskStation starts up next time. By default, encrypted shared folder will be unmounted automatically on startup for security reasons.

Note:

You can also encrypt a folder when you create it.

The following built-in shared folders are not allowed for encryption since they are associated with system services: web, photo, music, video, surveillance, download, Netbackup.

Encrypted shared folders cannot be accessed via NFS. If you encrypt a shared folder containing NFS rules, they will be removed.

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1Shared folder encryption is supported on specific models only.

Chapter 7: Set Up File Sharing