Authorizing a Group to a Share

For an overview on user roles and authorizations, see Understanding User Roles and Share Authorization.

  1. Go to Home, click a share's drop-down menu, and select Authorizations.
  2. Click Authorize Group.
  3. Enter a group name and click Search.
    For more information on searching, see Searching Nodes and Shares.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Select permissions for the group.
    Permission Description
    Manage Select manage to make the group a manager of the share. For more information about managers, see Authorizing a User, Group, or DS With Manager Permissions.
    Browse Select browse to give the group permission to browse the node.
    Transfer Select download and upload to give the group download and upload permissions.
    File Operations Select mkdir, delete, and rename to make changes to the files on the node.
    Notifications Select content availability for Shares to send email notifications to the group whenever new content is available.