A file-sharing protocol determines how you set up access rights to an individual share and grant or restrict access rights to users, groups, hosts, or all of the above. For example, you might want to grant a user read/write permission on one share, read-only permission on another share, and no access rights at all on a third share.
The following access rights options are available:
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Read Only. This permission allows a user or group (or users or groups on a host) to read files on the share but prevents the editing, creation, and deletion of files and folders on the share.
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Read/Write. This permission allows a user or group (or users or groups on a host) to read, edit, create, and delete files and folders on the share. By default, all users and groups have read/write access.
The global security access mode determines whether users are authenticated through the local database of the ReadyDATA or through an external Active Directory:
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Local user database. If you use the local database, first create user groups and user accounts before you set up share access rights. The groups and users are displayed in the Access section on the Properties pane of a share. For more information on the local user database, see the How do I configure the local user database settings on my ReadyDATA storage system?
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Active Directory. If you use an external Active Directory, the user and group information is downloaded into the ReadyDATA and displayed in the Access section on the Properties pane of a share. For more information on the Active Directory, see the How do I configure the Active Directory settings on my ReadyDATA storage system?
A button with a red triangle and an exclamation mark (for example, IMG: ButtonExlamation) indicates that the file-sharing protocol is globally disabled. For information about how to enable the protocol, see How do I configure file-sharing protocols on my ReadyDATA storage system?
The access settings that you can configure for an individual share depend on the file-sharing protocol that is assigned to the share:
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Protocols |
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Access Settings |
SMB |
NFS |
AFP |
FTP |
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Network |
Users and group access |
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P |
P |
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Host access |
P |
P |
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P |
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Advanced |
Permissions for newly created files and folders |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Miscellaneous advanced settings |
P |
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File and folder |
File and folder access |
P |
P |
P |
P |
To set up the access rights for a share:
1. Select Shares.
2. Click the Data Set button (with four cubes, 
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The Shares screen displays (see the figure in Step 3).
3. Select the share that you want to explore by clicking it.
The color of the share turns purple:
4. Click the screen Expand button (
) on the top right of the screen.
The Properties pane displays:
5. Locate the Access section in the lower half of the Properties pane, and select one of the following buttons, each of which corresponds to a file-sharing protocol:
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SMB
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NFS
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AFP
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FTP
The pane adjusts to display the access properties for the selected protocol.
6. Configure the access settings for the selected protocol. For more information, see the following support article:
7. Set the On-Off switch for the selected protocol:
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To apply the access settings, click the On-Off switch so the switch shows the On position.
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To save the configured access settings but prevent them from taking effect, click the On-Off switch so the switch shows the Off position.
Note: The settings take effect immediately (that is, no Apply button exists to confirm the changes).