Domain

You can join RackStation to a Windows ADS domain.

To join a domain:

  1. Select Domain and enter the domain name.
  2. Set the DNS Server
  3. Set the optional Advanced domain options if necessary. (See the section below for more information.)
  4. Click Apply.
  5. In the popup window, enter the user name and password of the administrator on the domain server.
  6. Click OK.

About DNS Server:

You are recommended to specify a DNS server to help RackStation search for the domain. However, if the domain is not registered on the DNS server, the procedure of joining domain may fail.

About Domain Type

This field shows the domain type when DiskStation joins a domain. The domain type will be either "AD domain".

About advanced domain options:

In most cases, you do not need to fill in any of the advanced domain option. Advanced domain options are needed only for specific domain environment.

Note:

  1. If your domain user name includes “%” or “$”, you may not be able to access your home folder. Please ask your domain administrator to give you a new user name.
  2. Domain groups "Domain Admins" and "Enterprise Admins" will be added to the local group "Administrators" automatically. In other words, domain users in these groups have administrative right on the DiskStation, including performing DSM/CIFS/FTP/AFP/WebDAV/applications.