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Managing Your Storage System Managing Users When you click Users in the navigation bar, the Users & Computers page displays a list of all configured Windows and Mac OS X users, and all Linux and other Mac computers. In this guide, the term user refers to both individuals and computers. By default, the storage server 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, see "Changing Authentication Mode" on page 48. 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. You might then create separate groups for each department, such as Sales or HR, and give those groups read/write access to shared folders with information specifically for those groups. Each user can be a member of multiple groups. If you are using Active Directory authentication mode, you cannot create groups with the Manager. All groups are controlled by the Active Directory server. 40 Intel® Entry Storage System SS4000-E User Guide