Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra User Manual - Page 25

MANAGING USERS, GROUPS, AND SHARES 5 Managing Users, Groups, and Shares About Users About Groups About Shares About Users The Administrator, normally the device owner, is the person in charge of setting up the device. As the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device owner, you have a special user account (admin) that provides you with administrator privileges. With these privileges, you can set up and configure the device to your specific needs and add other users to your private cloud. You also have the power to determine exactly what users can access on the device. As a default, the administrator (admin) user name does not have a password. You can create one at anytime (see "Updating a User Password" on page 24). Note: Only one individual at a time can use the Administrator logon ID to log into the web browser app. Because of this, ensure that you log out of the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device web browser app when you're not using it. This allows other users authorized to use the Administrator logon ID to access the web browser app. See Energy Saver - Web Access Timeout on "Energy Saver" on page 83 to automatically log out of the app after a set amount of time. The Users screen displays a list of the current users and allows the Administrator to view user details, create new users, create groups, and grant a user access to existing shares and groups. Viewing Users 1. On the navigation bar, click Users to display the Set Up Users screen. 2. To view user details, click a user name on the left pane. The user's profile and share access information display. A user can have read only, read/write, or no access to a share. Note: The shares in the Share Access section are not editable because they are public shares. Once you make a share private, the share displays in the list and you can edit it. (See "Making a Share Private" on page 30.) Adding a Single User The Administrator adds user accounts and sets the parameters of the shares that a user can access. Use the following steps to add a single user account. 1. To add a user, click in the lower left side of the screen. 2. Enter the User Name, First Name, Last Name and Email address (optional) of the user you'd like to add in the applicable fields, and then click Next. 3. To assign a password, click the toggle button to ON, enter a password, and then confirm the user's password. Click Next. 4. To assign a group to the new user, click the check box next to a group, and then click Next. MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE 20 USER MANUAL