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SecurityProbably the most important and hardest part of the configuration panel is Security. Here we have the following options.
| Users & Groups | Administer Snap local users and user groups |
| Network Shares | Administer network shares (aka: Microsoft shares, Novell volumes, Apple shared folders, UNIX exported file systems) |
| File/Folder Security | Administer file/folder security (advanced) |
| Disk Quotas | Administer user disk quotas (advanced) |
| View Security | View security settings |
This is likely the section where most of the non-experienced PC users will run into problems. Small hint, use the supplied Security Guides as they'll help you understand the process of securing files and directories in a very clear and helpful manner. What's also really nice to see is that if you mess up security settings in whatever fashion the SnapServer will explain to you in detail why there is an issue before you agree to the new setup.
It would be extremely hard to explain what exactly is going on in this part of configuration. Complete books have been written on it and I can't do that in just one page. Basically file-sharing works on a very simple procedure:
First you insert a username. You can assign that username certain privileges. However if you want several users to have the same privileges then you can setup a group. A group of users will have the same access-rights. But let's keep it simple. Let's say you want the user 'Peter' to have access to the drive or a directory on the drive, then this would be your procedure:
- Select a disk.
- Select a folder.
- Specify the name of a new or existing Network Share that users will connect to when accessing the folder.
- Optionally, add new users to the Snap Server.
- Select the users you want to give or deny access to.
The entire security process is based on this principle. What user of group of users has access right towards a certain shared section on the SnapServer. Sounds simple but is a complex process. At default all users have full control over the standard share on this device. Spend some time with this before making full use of the device in your network.
Next to all that you have several extra options like saving and restoring your folder's security options and even the option assign Disk Quotas to track and limit the amount of disk space that a user consumes. We are now going to leave the Security category for what it is. And move on the the last option in the admin control panel.
Disk Utilities
| Check or Repair Disk | Examine and repair a disk |
| Set Disk Description | Edit the description comment for a disk |
| Format Disk | Remove all data from a disk |
| Disk Startup Settings | Specify how disk(s) are checked at system startup |
Here we can see some interesting features to maintain the HD in the SnapServer. It really doesn't need much explanation from my side. Check and repair disk will startup an extensive disk check. Here you can also give the Driver/partition a name, format the drive, etc. You can also request the drive info which will display the amount of files, drive space and free space.
