General

You can store data in shared folders and share them with specific users by assigning different shared folder access rights to users. The maximum number of share folders is 100 (or 200*), including the system default shared folders.

Shared folder naming rules include:

    Note:
  1. On the 1-bay Synology NAS products, the "public" shared folder will be created automatically after configuring the system for the first time.
  2. A shared folder with the prefix "usbshare" or "satashare" will be created when the system detects an external USB drive or SATA drive with a valid file system. When the USB disk is ejected properly, the shared folder will be removed.

To easily find and access an existing shared folder:

  1. Enable the access privileges for account "guest". (See Assign Privileges for more information.)
  2. Depending on the type of computer you are using, do any of the following:

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* Available on specific models only.