Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000, User Manual

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Click Edit .
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Enable “Access Restrictions”.
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Select the level of access for the user or group.
: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited
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Click OK .
Notes:
• To have the TeraStation join an Active Directory domain, configure it to use a DNS server that can resolve names
for the Active Directory domain.
• After building an Active Directory domain, the administrator password for joining the domain must be changed
at least once, or joining the Active Directory domain will fail.
• The DNS name and NetBIOS name of Active Directory domains should be identical.
• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given, the user will have read-only access. The most restrictive
access setting will apply.
• If there are more than 5 minutes difference between the TeraStation’s clock and the domain controller’s clock,
joining the domain or authenticating domain users and groups may fail. For best results, use an NTP server to set
the time for all network devices.
• The TeraStation supports a domain environment with a maximum of 1000 users and 1000 groups. 10,000 users
and 10,000 groups can be downloaded from the domain controller but are not supported.
• To use the TeraStation as a member server in an Active Directory domain, the TeraStation should be logged in to
the domain and accessed from a computer that is not a member of the domain with a valid domain account.
• If the TeraStation is a member server of an Active Directory domain, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.
• If your TeraStation is a member server in an Active Directory domain and you change the authentication method
to “Workgroup”, the account on the domain controller will not be deleted automatically.
• When the TeraStation joins an Active Directory domain, FTP is disabled. Before use FTP, move the FTP switch back
to the position.
• Don’t disable the SMB protocol while Active Directory is used for access restrictions. If you do, you will need to en-
able SMB again and reconfigure AD from scratch.
NT Domains
In an NT domain environment, the TeraStation uses account information from the NT domain server to set access
restrictions for files and folders on the TeraStation. There’s no need to perform individual account management for the
TeraStation. If multiple TeraStations are installed on the network, the account information is centrally managed in the NT
domain, greatly reducing the operations required for installation and management.
Note: A maximum of 1000 domain users and 1000 groups can be downloaded from an NT domain server.
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Create an account on the domain controller for the TeraStation.
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In Settings, click Network .