Buffalo TeraStation TS4200D, User Manual

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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 Mac 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.
• For Windows 8, use a local username instead of your Windows Live ID.
• The user ID should be a number from 1000 to 1999. Each user ID should be unique. If this field is left blank, a user
ID is assigned automatically.
• Do not duplicate user IDs, group IDs, usernames, or group names. Each should be distinct and unique.