Iomega StorCenter px12-400r, User Manual

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Groups
Groups Overview
Groups consist of one or more users, and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the
Iomega StorCenter px12-400r. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups page enables
administrators to create one or more groups, and grant each group rights to Shares on the px12-
400r. Security must be enabled before you can create groups.
Note: Refer to the Security page to enable security permissions and create an administrator
account, if you have not done so already.
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
How do I...
add new groups
add users
delete users