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[MaMister]

I have I have 2 x 500GB Raid-1 Firmware 1.08 DNS-323.

I created 10 users user1 to user10, all using password "share"

I have 3 folders to share. A1, A2 and A3

The rules i wanted to set:

All users can access to A1

User5 to User10 can access A1, A2

User10 can access A1, A2 and A3

I tried create 3 groups of A1, A2 and A3 but it doesn't work?

Any other method?

[jamieburchell]

You can only put a user in one group. You can only assign 1 user or 1 group access to a share, or everyone. Those are the limitations of the NAS. There is no limit to the number of shares.

Could you be over complicating the setup? It sounds strange to have 10 users with the same password, unless that's just an example.

[MaMister]

Thanks for the reply, so may I know of any advice of how to do the above?

Folder A1 is a common share that everyone can access.

User1 to User4 only allow to access A1

User5 to User10 are the senior staffs can access to folder A2 as well as A1.

User10 is me and I have access to A3 which is confidential and I can also access to A1 and A2.

Thanks.

[jamieburchell]

You are restricted to the conventions above.

How about set A1 share to r/w "all users"
Create a group for users 5-10 and set that for r/w on A2 share
Set user 10 as allowed r/w A3 share.

[MaMister]

Hey thanks, will try that went back to office tomorrow.

I remember seeing somewhere another NAS at my client office.

They have 2 share folders.

Example A1 and A2

NAS name "CentralData"

When run //CentralData

Once appear A1 and A2

If click A1 it will prompt for password and type share1 it will open.

But if click A2 it can't open, it will ask for password and type share2 it will open too.

Wonderful how can I achive that too?

[jamieburchell]

If you setup the shares A1, A2 and A3 with the permissions suggested, they will show as shares when you open your NAS in explorer. It will also prompt you for a username and password to the share if the logged on user doesn't have the necessary access rights.

[MaMister]

If click A1 it will prompt for password and type "share1" it will open.

But if click A2 it can't open, it will ask for password and type "share2" it will open too.

May I know why this user can open A1 with password "share1" and A2 with password "share2" ?

Thanks.

[jamieburchell]

Without knowing which users you are logging in as to access these shares it's difficult to say. All users have access to A1 regardless of their passwords. Only the users in the group you created should have access to A2.

Is it working for you?

[MaMister]

Hmm... are you saying that once I given access A1 to "All users" any user can key in anything password to go in?

[jamieburchell]

As the "A1" share is accessible by all users, you will have to login as one of the users you have created on the NAS to be able to access it. I thought that's what you wanted?

[MaMister]

Thanks I tried:

Sell "All users" to A1
Group User 5 to 10 to A2
User 10 to A3

Works well.

I tried adding User 9 to A3 and i get a share A3-1

May I know why?

[jamieburchell]

It has created another share because you can only assign one user or one group to a share.

[MaMister]

Is this limited to dlink dns-323? My neighbour's Buffalo LS-Q2 don't have this problem... you can choose as many folders and share as many.

[jamieburchell]

Is this limited to dlink dns-323?

Those are the limitations of the DNS-323. You can have as many shares as you like, but you can have only one user or one group associated with it and you can't have the same user in more than one group.

There may be a way to change this by using third party software, however this is unsupported by Dlink and there are other forums with further info.

[gunrunnerjohn]

You can consider using folder symbolic links if you have fun_plug loaded.  That would give you a new "share" to assign additional permissions to.