Managing Your px2-300d Network Storage with Local and
Active Directory Users
Managing Your px2-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory
Users
You can configure your px2-300d Network Storage to allow both local users and groups and Active
Directory (AD) users and groups on the device simultaneously. While in AD mode, you can have existing
local users and groups and also create new ones. In addition, both AD and local administrator users can
log into and manage the px2-300d. This allows hybrid authentication on your px2-300d and, if desired, you
can switch between AD mode and Workgroup mode.
This topic assumes you have already
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Enabling Active Directory after Creating Users in Workgroup Mode
After you create users in Workgroup mode, you can switch your px2-300d to AD mode.
1. On the Domain Management page, select Active Directory.
2. Configure your AD settings. See
Configuring your px2-300d for Active Directory
information.
3. Click Apply.
After changing to AD mode, you are required to log back in to the px2-300d. Your px2-300d is now
configured to allow both local administrators and AD administrators to log in.
Logging in to Your px2-300d
When an administrator logs in to the px2-300d, the admin chooses between the device name or the AD
domain name.
1. At the Login screen, choose what type of user is logging in from the Active Directory Domain drop-
down:
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to log in as a local user, choose the device name from the drop-down menu and enter the
username and password
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to log in as an Active Directory user, choose the Active Directory domain name from the drop-
down menu and enter the username and password
2. Click Login.
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Managing Your px2-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users
Summary of Contents for px2-300d
Page 1: ...px2 300d Network Storage with LifeLine 4 0 User Guide ...
Page 11: ...Setting up Your px2 300d Network Storage Setting up Your px2 300d Network Storage 1 CHAPTER 1 ...
Page 33: ...Sharing Files Sharing Files 23 CHAPTER 2 ...
Page 52: ...Sharing Files 42 One touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device ...
Page 58: ...iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN 48 Deleting iSCSI Drives ...
Page 59: ...Storage Pool Management Storage Pool Management 49 CHAPTER 4 ...
Page 72: ...Storage PoolManagement 62 Changing RAID Protection Types ...
Page 73: ...Drive Management Drive Management 63 ...
Page 76: ...Drive Management 66 Managing Drives ...
Page 77: ...Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up and Restoring Your Content 67 CHAPTER 6 ...
Page 115: ...Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media 105 CHAPTER 9 ...
Page 121: ...Media Management Media Management 111 CHAPTER 10 ...
Page 133: ... Delete a torrent job Click to delete the torrent download Media Management Torrents 123 ...
Page 138: ...Media Management 128 Videos ...
Page 146: ...Upgrading Your px2 300d Network Storage 136 Software Updates ...
Page 149: ...Hardware Management Hardware Management 139 CHAPTER 14 ...
Page 160: ...Hardware Management 150 Troubleshooting Routers ...
Page 161: ...Additional Support Additional Support 151 CHAPTER 15 ...
Page 164: ...AdditionalSupport 154 Support ...
Page 165: ...Legal Legal 155 CHAPTER 16 ...