Netgear RNDP6620D-200 – ReadyNAS® Pro 6, 12TB Unified Storage System Software Guide

User Security Mode

This mode is ideal for small and medium-size offices or workgroups. Select the User security 
option to control access to shares based on user or group accounts and if your network does 
not utilize a domain controller for authentication.

In User security mode, the administrator specifies a workgroup name, and creates user and 
group accounts, and has control over how much disk space is allocated for each user or 
group. A user account needs to be created for anyone accessing this device. This option 
supports setting disk quotas on a per-user or per-group basis. 

Each user is given a home share on the ReadyNAS device so personal data remains private. 
This home share is accessible only by that user, and by the administrator to perform 
backups. The option to automatically generate the private home share is controlled in the 

Accounts/Preferences screen, and can disabled as needed.

Private home shares are accessible only by users using CIFS 

(Windows), AFP (Mac), and FTP/S protocols.

You need the following information to set up the ReadyNAS for User security mode:

Workgroup name

Group names you want to create (for example, Marketing, Sales, Engineering)

User names you want to create (plus email addresses if you will be setting disk 

quotas)

Amount of disk space you want to allocate to users and groups (optional)

Select the 

 radio button.

Enter the name you want to use in the Workgroup field in the User section. The name can 
be the workgroup name that is already used on your Windows network.

Click Apply to save your changes.