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Administration
Overview of Administrative Options
There are four organizational entities that can be created on the Instant Giga-
Drive in order to manage and allocate the GigaDrive’s storage space.
Administrators
The administrator controls Instant GigaDrive disk-space allo-
cation by creating users, groups, and shares. The administrator can then
coordinate which users fall into which groups, and which groups can access
which shares. The administrator (and any other administrators who may be
added in the future), has full read-write access to all shares.
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Each user is identifi ed by his user name and password. The administra-
tor creates users, and can also limit the amount of disk space available to a
user.
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Users are organized into user groups. Groups are created in order to
allocate which users have access to which shares.
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A share is a folder or directory that has been saved onto the Instant
GigaDrive’s hard drive. Shares are generally created to reserve disk space
for specifi c groups. Only the Instant
GigaDrive administrator can create a
share, but users who have access to
that share can create other folders or
directories within that share. Shares
can be created as read-only or read-
write, depending on need and share
content. Each share can be accessed
by only one group, but each group can
access many shares.
The Web-based Administrative Interface
Because the Instant GigaDrive doesn’t have an attached keyboard or monitor,
you have been provided access to the GigaDrive’s internal data and processes
through your web browser. The GigaDrive contains an HTTP server which
enables you to connect and confi gure your GigaDrive using Netscape 4.04
or better or Internet Explorer 4.0 or better. This connection can be made
Guest Users
Besides administra-
tors, regular users, and groups, guest
users may also access the Instant
GigaDrive. The guest user has Read/
Write access to the public share. This
can be changed, and access to addi-
tional shares can be granted. Anyone
on the network who does not have a
user name on the GigaDrive is auto-
matically logged in as a guest.
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