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ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual
3-2 Managing User Access
v1.1, February 2009
Select the most appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network
authentication scheme.
• User. A more appropriate selection for the medium-size office or workgroup environment is
the User security mode. This mode allows you to set up user and group accounts to allow for
more specific share access restrictions. Access to shares requires proper login authentication,
and you can specify which users and/or groups you wish to offer access. As an example, you
might want to restrict company financial data to just users belonging to one particular group.
In this security mode, the administrator need to set up and maintain user and group accounts
on the network storage device itself. In addition, each user account is automatically set up with
a private home share on the network storage.
• Domain. The Domain security mode is most appropriate for larger department or corporate
environments, where a centralized Windows-based domain controller or active directory
server is present. The network storage device integrates in this environment by creating a
trusted relationship with the domain/ADS authentication server and allowing all user
authentications to occur there, eliminating the need for separate account administration on the
device itself. Also, in this security mode, each domain/ADS user is automatically set up with a
private home share on the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition.
User Security Mode
This option is ideal for medium-size offices or workgroups. Select this option if you would like to
control access to shares based on user or group accounts and if your network does not utilize a
domain controller for authentication.
If you select this option, you will need to create a user account for anyone accessing this device.
This option supports setting disk quotas on a per-user or per-group basis.
Note: The FrontView management system slows down in proportion to the number of
users in the domain. Do not use Domain mode in an environment with more
than 10,000 domain users.
Figure 3-2