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In addition to package installation, you can configure package-related settings, including autoupdate, and package sources in Package Center. For more information on the advanced settings of Package Center, please refer to this article. Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide 2.10 Create local users and groups You can grant family members or business associates access to Synology NAS by creating user accounts for them. For the ease of administration, you can create groups to categorize users and manage them together. This section guides you through how to create users and groups in Control Panel. Create a user 1. Go to Control Panel > User & Group > User. 2. Click Create to launch User Creation Wizard. 3. On the Enter user information page, enter the following user information: • Name • Description (Optional) • Email (Optional): Enter the user's email address. System notifications, such as password reset messages, will be sent to the address specified here. • Password • Confirm password 4. On the same page, configure the following advanced settings that will be applied to the user: • Send a notification mail to the newly created user: You have to enable email notifications in Control Panel > Notification > Email to allow the system to send emails. If you have not yet set up notification settings, a confirmation dialog box will pop up and lead you to the setup page when you tick this checkbox. For more information on the notification settings, please refer to the Manage notifications section. • Display user password in notification mail • Disallow the user to change account password • Password is always valid: You will not see this option If Password Expiration at the Advanced tab is not enabled. This option makes this user's password always valid and the rules of Password Expiration will not be applied to this user. 5. On the Join groups page, specify the groups to which the new user should belong. The default groups are administrators, http, and users. Please refer to the Create a group section to customize groups. 18

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Chapter 2: Quick Start Guide
In addition to package installation, you can configure package-related settings, including auto-
update, and package sources in
Package Center
. For more information on the advanced settings
of Package Center, please refer to
this article
.
2.10 Create local users and groups
You can grant family members or business associates access to Synology NAS by creating user
accounts for them. For the ease of administration, you can create groups to categorize users
and manage them together. This section guides you through how to create users and groups
in
Control Panel
.
Create a user
1. Go to
Control Panel
>
User & Group
>
User
.
2. Click
Create
to launch
User Creation Wizard
.
3. On the
Enter user information
page, enter the following user information:
•
Name
•
Description
(Optional)
•
Email
(Optional): Enter the user's email address. System notifications, such as password
reset messages, will be sent to the address specified here.
•
Password
•
Confirm password
4. On the same page, configure the following advanced settings that will be applied to the
user:
•
Send a notification mail to the newly created user
: You have to enable email notifications
in
Control Panel
>
Notification
>
Email
to allow the system to send emails. If you have not
yet set up notification settings, a confirmation dialog box will pop up and lead you to
the setup page when you tick this checkbox. For more information on the notification
settings, please refer to the
Manage notifications
section.
•
Display user password in notification mail
•
Disallow the user to change account password
•
Password is always valid
: You will not see this option If
Password Expiration
at the
Advanced
tab is not enabled. This option makes this user's password always valid and the rules of
Password Expiration
will not be applied to this user.
5. On the
Join groups
page, specify the groups to which the new user should belong. The
default groups are
administrators
,
http
, and
users
. Please refer to the
Create a group
section to
customize groups.