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8 Click OK to save any changes. When saving changes to the external authentication server settings, you may
not to convert all current local users to external users. If a local user is converted to an external user, their user
information (including passwords) will be removed from the NAS. External users cannot be reverted to local
users.
9 Click to the right of “Folder Setup”.
10 Click the shared folder that you want to set access restrictions for.
11 Click Edit.
12 Enable “Access Restrictions”.
13 Click the External Users tab and select the level of access for each external user.
: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited
14 Click OK.
Notes:
• Users that are automatically registered belong to the “hdusers” group. They can be added to other groups from
within groups settings. Added users will be listed in “Users” > “External Users”. To delete a user that was registered
automatically, select that user and click Delete External User.
• If both read-only and read and write permissions are given to a user, the user will have read-only access. The most
restrictive attribute will apply.
• To access access-limited shared folders from OS X 10.7, use AFP instead of SMB, under “LAN Protocol Support”,
select the “AFP (Mac)” checkbox on the destination folders to use AFP.
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