Planet NAS-5400, User Manual

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The system administrator can setup accounts for Windows, and Mac users on the NAS server
(the local machine). When these clients attempt to access the NAS server, they only need to enter
their account name and password to gain access.
The system administrator can add, modify and delete user accounts. Account name is not case
sensitive. It can be up to 64 characters except for the following characters:
! " # $ % ' ( ) * + , / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] \ ^ ` { } | ~
Besides, the first character cannot be minus sign and space, and the last character cannot be
space. The password is case-sensitive and can consist of 0 to 12 displayable characters,
including letters, numbers, signs, and spaces.
Note:
The passwords for some clients, such as Windows 98 clients, are not case-sensitive while the
passwords for other clients, such as Win NT/2000, UNIX, and Mac clients are. Therefore, please
make sure the account passwords for the local machines are case-sensitive so that they will be
suitable for all clients
Mac clients only allow passwords of up to 8 characters. Thus, when setting passwords for Mac