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Chapter 5: Access
Creating a User Profile
Network Storage System (NSS) Administrator Guide
Chapter
5
Creating a User Profile
Depending on your network setup, you might administer users and groups locally or via the domain
controller. The NSS configuration interface gives you read-only access to users and groups provided
by NTv4, Active Directory, or NIS domains. You can also create and manage local users from the
NSS configuration interface. Before you can create a user profile, you must configure the volume you
want to use as the home directory location for your users on the
Access Options
page (from the
Manager Menu
, click
Access > Options
).
To add a local user:
1. From the
Manager Menu
, click
Access
Users.
The
Configured Users
page appears. Users created from the NSS configuration interface and
provided by the ADS, NTv4, or NIS domain appear in the
Configured Users
table.
2. Click
Add
to create a user.
The
New User
page appears.
3. In the
Username
field, type the username. The name must be made up of alphanumeric
characters (that is, a-z, 0-9), any case, to a maximum of 32 characters. This field is required.
4. Select the group you want to assign as the user’s primary group from the
Primary Group
field. If
there are no groups configured, the only available choice is the default group "nasusers". This
field is required.
NOTE:
Although you can assign the user to multiple groups (through the
Add Group
or
Edit
Group
page), the primary group is the group against which quota charges for the
user’s storage usage are made and is the group that defines the group ownership for
all files created by the user. The primary group applies to users set up locally on the