Managing SharesYou can change Share information, change access permissions, make a Share an Active Folder, useShare volumes, and modify a Share volume.If available, you can also enable NFS secured access.The Application Data share is created automatically when you install an application that requiresdata storage on the px2-300d network storage device. Do not change or delete this share.Changing Share Information1. Modify the existing name for the Share.2. Choose whether to enable media sharing. When Media sharing is enabled, the media server scansthis Share for any media content and makes it available to anyone with access to your network,even if this Share is secured. If you do not want media content made available to anyone, do notcheck this option. When Media sharing search is enabled, displays in the Properties for thatShare.3. To view the content of a Share, click the View Content link to open the Content Viewer.4. Click Apply to save your changes.Changing Access Permissions1. Expand Access Permissions to change user permissions to a Share. You can provide specificaccess privileges to users or groups, or you can make a Share public by setting Read and Writepermissions for Everyone.All Shares are secured by default, so they will be accessible only by the deviceadministrator unless additional access permissions are set. The administrator createdduring device setup has default access to initial Shares; access permissions to theseShares must be explicitly set for all other users, including added administrator users.When new Shares are added to the px2-300d, all existing administrator users will havedefault access to those Shares.The security icon displays in the Share's properties to indicate that the Share issecured.2. Check Allow users to change file level security to allow file and folder permissions to be setthrough other programs, such as Windows Explorer, independent of the px2-300d. Setting thisoption allows users to put additional access restrictions on individual files and folders.3. To limit access to this Share to a specific set of users, click Add access permissions andchoose one or more users from the pop-up window. If you have created groups, you can select oneor more groups.4. In the Access Permissions section, check Read, Write, or both to set access to this Share foreach user. To remove a user, leave both Read and Write unchecked for that user. If you grant Readand Write permissions for Everyone, the list of users is also cleared since all users will haveaccess to this Share. If you have created groups, you can also set Share access by specifyingSharing FilesShares 53
