Iomega px4-400d, User Manual

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Users and Groups Overview
The Users & Groups feature displays all users and groups on the px4-400d and enables administrators to
add and modify users and groups.
Users
Non-administrator users can be added to enable controlled access to Share content. Additional
administrator users can be added to allow specific users to configure the px4-400d.
The table on the Users & Groups interface page displays the Username and Descriptive Name for each
user and group. Click in a row of the table to view or modify details about a user or group.
Groups
Groups consist of one or more users, and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the px4-
400d. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups feature enables administrators to create one
or more groups and set access privileges for them.
By default, there are no groups defined. Once an administrator defines one or more groups, the Groups
functionality is dynamically available when creating, modifying, and viewing users, Shares, and groups.
How Access Rights Are Granted Using Groups in Workgroup Mode
When groups are defined in Workgroup mode, a user's access rights are the most rights granted to the
user and all groups to which the user belongs.
For example, assume 3 Shares exist (SF1, SF2, and SF3), two users (UserA and UserB), and three
groups (Group1, Group2, Group3). When created, UserA was not granted access rights to any Share, and
UserB was granted Read rights to SF3. Group1 has Read/Write rights to SF1, Group2 has Read/Write
rights to SF2, and Group3 has Read/Write rights to SF3. If UserA is added to Group1, UserB is added to
Group2, and Group1 is added to Group3, the table below shows the resulting access rights for each user
and group defined:
Name Member of Group Access Rights
UserA Group1, Group3 SF1 - Read/Write SF3 - Read/Write
UserB Group2 SF2 - Read/Write SF3 - Read
Group1 Group3 SF1 - Read/Write SF3 - Read/Write
Group2 none SF2 - Read/Write
Group3 none SF3 - Read/Write
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