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8.3 Account Manager
With Account Manager, the administrator can manage and administer local accounts as
well as import external domain accounts. proNAS will utilize external directory services
to do account authentications which currently supports ADS/PDC and NIS.
The main functions of the Account Manager are:
‹ Authentication
‹ User Account
‹ Group Management
8.3.1 External Accounts Integration (Joining Windows or NIS Domain)
You can utilize external directory services to authenticate accounts. Currently, PDC/ADS
and NIS authentication are supported. You may choose any one of them or both at the
same time depending on your network environment.
8.3.1.1 Windows Authentication
If you would like to integrate proNAS with Windows environment, please select “Edit”
button then check "Enable Domain authentication".
Set the necessary Windows options
then click “Save” to update settings.
NOTE: Hostname, Domain name and DNS Suffix need to be set first
in Network Manager.