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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Appendix E: Creating a User Import File
The User Import file is designed to quickly enter multiple users into your device. Provided below
is the file format used to import your user information and examples of how each field works. See
“Adding Multiple Users” on page 30 for steps on how to create multiple users with your User
Import file.
User Import File format
Use the following format when entering your data into the User Import file.
username/password/group/rw/ro/deny:quota
All fields are required. If you would like to leave a field blank, leave a space between the forward
slashes (/) for that field.
Field Definitions
Provided below is a list of user import file fields, their definitions and an data example.
Required Fields
Definition
Example
username
User Name. Enter the name for your new user.
Joe Jones
password
User Password: Enter a password for your new user.
password
group
Group Name: Enter the name of the group to which
you would like to add the new user.
Note:
The Group must exist before you can add a
user to it. See “Adding a Group” on page 34
to create a new group.
Family
RW
Read/Write Shares: Enter the shares you would like
the user to view and update. If you would like to
provide Read/Write access to more than one share,
separate the share names with an “:”
Public
RO
Read Only Shares: Enter the shares you would like
the user to view only. If you would like to provide
Read Only access to more than one share, separate
the share names with an “:”
TimeMachineBackup
deny
Deny Access: Enter those shares to which the user
will have no access.
financial:jill_video
quota
Quota Amount (TB:GB:MB): Enter the quota
amount for the new user. To assign unlimited space,
leave this field blank.
0:0:0:0
