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Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1
Windows Domain Accounts
If a Windows NT or a Windows 2000 Domain exists in the network,
system administrator only has to add
NP1040
NAS server to the
Windows domain, to take advantage of the PDC privilege settings and
grant all accounts on the PDC access to
NP1040
NAS server’s
storage space. When these clients need to access the server, they
can do so by entering their Windows NT/2000 PDC account name
and password.
Once
NP1040
NAS server is part of a Windows NT/2000 Domain, a
new tab called
NT domain accounts
will become available on this
page, containing a copy of all user accounts. Only the account names
will be copied here, without passwords and other information. When a
client attempts to access
NP1040
NAS server, it will forward the
account and password information to Windows PDC server for
verification. If the result is positive access will be granted. If the PDC
server does not authorize the user, the account is verified against the
list of local users. Access is granted, if the login data corresponds to a
local user. If a user has an account
user1
on each the PDC and
NP1040
NAS server but with different passwords, access is granted if
