Assign Privileges

You can allow or deny users' or groups' access privileges to the shared folders.

To assign access privileges to a shared folder:

  1. Select the shared folder you want to edit from the shared folder list.
  2. Click Privileges and choose Privileges Setup from the drop-down menu.
  3. Select System internal user, Local users, or Local groups from the drop-down menu.
    1. System internal user: Anonymous FTP user. Before allowing anonymous FTP users to connect to a shared folder, you need to allow their access to the folder first.
    2. Local users: Synology RackStation users (including guest).
    3. Local groups: Synology RackStation groups.
  4. Tick or uncheck the following privileges to assign access privileges for the users or groups:
    1. Read/Write: The user or group can access and make changes to the files and subfolders in the shared folder.
    2. Read only: The user or group can access the files and subfolders in the shared folder, but cannot make changes to them.
    3. No access: The user or group cannot access the files and subfolders in the shared folder.
  5. Click the Advanced Privilege tab if you want to do any of the following:
    1. Disable directory browsing
    2. Disable modification of existing files
    3. Disable file downloading
  6. Click OK to finish.

Note:

Assign NFS Privileges

You can assign NFS privileges to any shared folder, allowing Linux clients to access it.

To assign NFS privileges to a shared folder:

  1. Select the shared folder you want to edit from the shared folder list.
  2. Click Privileges and choose NFS Privileges from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click Create to add an NFS rule.
  4. A popup appears. Define the below options.
  5. Hostname or IP: Enter the IP address of the NFS client which will access the shared folder. You may specify a host in three ways:
  6. Privileges: Select read/write privileges for the NFS client.
  7. Root Squash: This field allows you to control the root user access privileges of the NFS client. Please select one of the following:
  8. Click OK to finish.
  9. Click OK to apply the NFS privileges.

Note:

When accessing a shared folder via NFS with a specific user account, you must have exactly the same numerical group ID or user ID on the NFS client and RackStation, or else you will be assigned the permissions of others when accessing the shared folder.