Acer Altos easyStore M2 User Manual - Page 149

127 Managing users When you click Users in the navigation bar, the Users & Computers page displays. This page displays a list of all currently configured Windows and Mac OS X users, as well as all Linux and other Mac computers. (In this guide, the term "user" refers to both "individuals" and "computers".) By default, the storage system uses local authentication mode, which means that you can add, modify, or remove all types of users at any time. If you are using Active Directory authentication mode, you can add, modify, or remove Linux or other Mac users, but not Windows users. All Windows users are controlled entirely by the Active Directory server. (For more information about authentication modes, refer to "Changing the authentication mode" on page 137.) If you are using local authentication mode, you can also put Windows and Mac OS X users into groups. This makes it easier to give several users access to the same shared folder at once. For example, in an office environment, you might create one group for all users and give that group read-only access to a shared folder with corporate policies.