Setting up End-User Access
Working with Groups
Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide
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Shift-click
: To select a contiguous group of users that you want to delete,
hold down the
Shift
key, then click the first user, and then the last user in the
series. Click
Delete
to delete the highlighted users.
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Ctrl-click
: To select a non-contiguous group of users that you want to
delete, hold down the
Ctrl
key, and then click each user from the list. Click
Delete
to delete the highlighted users.
The selected user(s) disappear from the list of available users.
Working with Groups
Groups are an easy way to manage users with the same storage needs and
privileges. A group consists of one or more users. You can add or remove users
from a group at any time. The user’s primary group (the group to which quota
charges for storage usage are applied) is set up in the
Primary Group
field of the
user’s profile.
A group called "nasusers" is automatically created when you first install the NSS.
This group is the default primary group when you create new users.
To limit the entries in the
Group
list, perform a substring search by entering the
desired search string in the
Group List Filter
field, and then clicking
Filter
. (For
example, enter "ea" to display any list items that contain "ea" such as "Sean" or
"BillyJean".) To clear the filter, delete the contents of the
Group List Filter
field, and
then click
Filter
.
Creating a Group
Groups let you specify the share access privileges for a set of users. After you
create a group, you can define the group’s access privileges on a per-share basis.
You can add or remove users to and from the group at any time.
Users are assigned a primary group within their user profile. When users create a
file, the group ownership is automatically set to their primary group. The storage
usage is charged to their primary group for the purposes of volume quota
accounting. Group membership, other than the primary group, is defined in either
the
Add Group
or
Edit Group
page and is used only to control access to shares
and files.
