Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000, User Manual

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Accounts
Your TeraStation username and password should be the same as your Windows username and password. If they are
different, you may not be able to access folders on the TeraStation with access restrictions configured.
Read-only Shares
By default, new shares are set with read & write access, but you may change the attribute to Read-only in Shared Folder
Attributes . Read-only shares and HFS+ formatted USB hard drives will have “Read-only” added to the shared folder
description.
Hidden Shares
To hide a shared SMB folder, select “Hidden Share (SMB Only)” and click OK . To open a hidden folder, click Start - Search
programs and files and enter “\\TeraStation name\Shared folder name$\” for the name. Example: If the TeraStation name
is “TS-XX001” and the shared folder name is “share”, then enter “\\TS-XX001\share$\” to open it.
Note: FTP, SFTP, and AFP folders cannot be hidden.
Adding Users
1
In “File Sharing”, select Users .
2
Click Create User .
3
Enter the desired settings, then click OK .
Notes:
• Usernames may contain up to 128 characters, including hyphens (-), underscores (_), periods (.), !, #, &, @, $, *, ^,
and %. Do not use a symbol as the first character.