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[ambuyimx]

Hey,

Thanks for your time

Three users : John Peter Maria
2 Folders : F1 and F2

Setup : John Peter Maria need access to F1
John and  Peter access to F2

------> so if I created a group (G1) and put Peter and John in the group, then I gave them access to F2 only to them and gave acces to F1 to ALL USERS but then even GUEST login has access (not good). If I try to give access individually to each user then my DNS creates paths like F1, F1_1, F1_2, F1_3.

Is there a way to avoid that F1_1?

Thank you!

[ambuyimx]

So I am guessing no one knows?

[jhtopping]

A question or two.

1.  During setup, did you leave the default Workgroup as "workgroup"?  I think Windows systems use "workgroup" as the default, so this will probably allow all users on your network access to all files on the DNS-323.

2.  Have you tried mapping virtual drives under Windows to specific folders?  In your example, John and Peter might have a drive "S:" that maps to folder F2. And John, Peter and Maria would have a drive "T:" that would map to folder F1.

It might help.

[ambuyimx]

A question or two.

1.  During setup, did you leave the default Workgroup as "workgroup"?  I think Windows systems use "workgroup" as the default, so this will probably allow all users on your network access to all files on the DNS-323.

2.  Have you tried mapping virtual drives under Windows to specific folders?  In your example, John and Peter might have a drive "S:" that maps to folder F2. And John, Peter and Maria would have a drive "T:" that would map to folder F1.

It might help.

Hey,
Thanks for the reply,

We are a mac based business so the mapping is not really an option.
Anyway I tried it and the thing is that on map when you see the DNS on your network you click on it and it connects as GUEST and then you should not have access to anything but because I have had to allow ALL USERS to have access to Folder 1 then even the GUEST user can see my files.

My Setup under the network access tab is as follows:
Group 1 (John and Peter) has access (R/W) to Folder 2
All Users (by clicking on all users when giving permission) have access to Folder 1

What I want is:
John and Peter to have access to Folder 2 (DONE)
Maria, John and Peter to have access to Folder 1 (DONE)
Guest user to have NO Access (NOT DONE)

Every tIme I give Maria John and Peter access to Folder 1 instead of clicking in ALL USERS, then the DNS creates Folder 1_1 (for Maria only access) Folder 1_2 (For John only access) and Folder 1_3 (For Peter only access).

I mean the files are the same and all but I still have the issue of having 3 different ways to get to the same data and since we have about 30 users in the business it doesnt really work .

Thank you!

[jhtopping]

I think the DNS-323 may not be the device you need.  It works great for backups, so do not throw it out. 

You may want the read http://www.macworld.com/article/1139638/nas.html.

Peace

[ambuyimx]

I think the DNS-323 may not be the device you need.  It works great for backups, so do not throw it out. 

You may want the read http://www.macworld.com/article/1139638/nas.html.

Peace

Thanks for the link but the issue exists in WINDOWS as well you click on Network/DNS-323... and you end up with Folder 1 (good) Folder 2 (good) Folder 1_1 (not good) Folder 1_2 (not Good)

Basically the DNS - 323 is creating a different folder per user I give access to... so when I give access to several users to one same folder, the DNS creates several folders (one per user and only 1 user has access to each folder)

[ambuyimx]

So i guess no one knows?