Maxtor II Portable Media Storage User Manual


 
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MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE II
WEB USER INTERFACE
Note:
If you do not want an Administrator password on
your Shared Storage Drive, select the
NO
button
indicating that you do not want to assign an Administrator
password and then click
Next
.
You will be prompted to authenticate using the
Administrator’s name (admin) and type the newly created
administrator password. Click
OK
.
Configuration Complete
After completing the Set-up wizard, you should see a
Congratulations
message followed by an overview of all of
the settings that were made. Please take a minute to either
print or write down the information for future reference.
To print the summary of your Shared Storage Drive
1. Click the
print
icon below the information.
2. When finished printing or writing down the information,
click
OK
to return to the Shared Storage home page.
Accounts Management
Overview
Use the Accounts Management link to manage the way
people access and store information on your Shared Storage
Drive.
The Accounts Management page is where you can:
–Create a New User Account
Modify Account settings and Sharing Privileges
Delete User Accounts
Using the Accounts Management Pages
Select what action you would like to do
If you want to redisplay a page (to change something
you entered on it, for example), click
Back
After making a change, click
Next
Go back and forth between pages until you are satisfied
that the information is correct
–To stop and lose your changes, click
Cancel
. You can
stop at any time
Creating a New User Account
Add a user to your Shared Storage Drive and you want some-
one to have a particular level of access to information in a
share. You can then define the appropriate level of access for
that user to that information.
When Shared Storage Drive is installed, it includes an Admin
user by default. Admin is the user name you or whoever else
administers Shared Storage Drive use to log in to exercise
administrative privileges.
Note:
This is the only account that will allow you to login to
the Web Administration portion of the Shared Storage Drive.
To Add a User
1. Click
Create A New User Account
.
2. Type the
user name
in the name field. (
Note:
The name
must have alpha numeric characters and can be a
maximum length of 32 characters.)
3. Type a
password
in the Password field. You must enter a
password for the user in order to continue.
4. Click
Next
.
5. Set the permissions for the user account by selecting the
appropriate buttons for the folders that you want the user to
have access to.
Note:
By default, the user has permissions to
all Shared folders on the Shared Storage Drive.
6. Click
Next
.
7. A screen will appear showing that the user was created.
Click
OK
to return to the Accounts Management page.