Netgear RNR4450 – RNR4450 2TB (4x500GB) ReadyNAS 1100 Dual Gigabit Rackmount Network Storage Software Guide

Manage Users and Groups

If you selected the user security mode, you can set up user accounts. Create a user account 
for each person who accesses your ReadyNAS system. When you create a share, use these 
accounts to specify who can access its files. 

To manage large numbers of users more efficiently, create groups. A group can contain any 
number of users, and a user can belong to as many groups as you want. If you frequently 
give the same list of users the same access rights to different shares, create a group that is 
made up of those users. 

Each user has a private home share where he or she can store personal files. Unlike a public 
share, a private home share has the same name as the user name for the account and can 
be accessed only by that user and by the ReadyNAS system’s administrator. You can disable 
private home shares if you want to use only public shares. 

Manage Users

With FrontView, you can add new users, modify existing users, and choose how to handle 
the users’ private home shares. 

In the Add User screen, you can add up to five users at a time. 

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From the FrontView main menu, select Security > User & Group Accounts.

Click the Add User tab.

For each user, follow these steps:

a. Enter the name for the user.

This is also the name for the user’s private home share.

b.  (Optional) If you want the user to receive notifications, enter the user’s email 

address.

The user is notified when the account is created and when the user’s data quota is 
approached.

c.  (Optional) If you want to specify a specific user ID (UID), enter the UID.

You need to know the UID if you plan to connect to the user’s private home share 
over NFS. If you do not enter a UID, one is automatically generated. 

d.  Select the user’s primary group.

You can add the user to other groups in the Manage Groups screen. For more 
information, see 

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