Your LaCie NAS's storage is divided into shares, also known as network folders. This page allows you to create new shares, assign access rights to users and groups, and to adjust share protocols. By default, your LaCie NAS has two shares, admin and Public. You can begin working with these shares immediately or create new shares.
The following table shows the differences between public and private shares:
Name | Accessibility | Login | Availability |
---|---|---|---|
Private | Accessible only to assigned users | Password-protected (user password) | Computers on the network and remote access (must be enabled) |
Public | Public, accessible to any user on the network | None | Computers on the network and remote access (must be enabled) |
Choose Add share and fill out the required fields. If you have more than one volume, a pulldown menu allows you to select the volume for the share. Your LaCie NAS can have up to 256 shares.
Shares are organized in a table.
For a full description of services, please see Service Priority.
The blue circle in the Status column indicates that a service follows the global service value. The circle will become white if the service for the share does not adhere to the global service value. A red circle means that the service has not been turned on in General Settings.
An administrator will change the share protocol when the:
Both settings are available in General Settings. To change a protocol for a specific share:
To withdraw access, select a user or group in the Read + Write access or Read access cell and choose the remove arrow (pointing left).
Check the box next to Enable Read access to guests on the network to give read-only access to anyone on the network, including non-users.