Sharing Space with a New User

  1. Open File Station.
  2. On the menu bar, click .
  3. Select Share space with a user.

    The Create a User window opens.

  4. Specify the following information:

    Field

    Description

    Username

    Specify a username that contains 1 to 32 characters from any of the following groups:

    • Letters: A to Z, a to z

    • Numbers: 0 to 9

    • Special characters: ~ ! @ # $ ^ & ( ) - _ . { }

    Password

    Specify a password that contains 1 to 64 ASCII characters.

    Quota

    Specify the storage capacity available to the user.

    Phone number (optional)

    The information is for your reference and is not used by QTS.

    Email (optional)

    QTS sends a notification to this email address when the account password is about to expire.

    Note:
    • You must configure the related settings in SMTP Server and Change Password. Otherwise, QTS would not send notifications to the specified email address.

    • SMTP Server: Go to Control Panel > System > Notification > E-mail.

    • Change Password: Go to Control Panel > System > Security > Password Policy.

    (Optional) Send a notification mail to the newly created user

    When selected, QTS sends a message that contains the following information to the specified email address.

    • Username and password

    • URLs for connecting to the NAS

  5. Click Create.

    File Station creates a new user account and allocates the specified storage space.