Administrators can use the manager permission to
delegate the creation of shares and users to another user without giving that account full
administration privileges. Like administrators, managers can view, edit, and remove share
authorizations but only for shares that they manage.Assigning a user to a share as its
manager gives that user administrative privileges for that share and all inherited
subdirectories. If a user creates a new share within a managed share, the manager of the
share automatically gains administrative rights to the new share as well. Refer to Authorizing a User, Group, or DS With Manager Permissions for instructions on how to authorize manager permissions
for a user.
Though a user with manager permissions effectively becomes
the admin for that share, the following restrictions apply:
- A manager cannot modify or delete the top-level share or any shares above it.
- A manager cannot create a share at the same level of the first share.
- For a manager to administer a group, the manager must have manager permissions for all
of that group's shares.
- Managers cannot edit Admin user properties, but they can edit other managers by
navigating to Admin > Users.
- A manager cannot authorize new users or groups for shares the manager does not
manage.
- For a manager to change the password or email of a user, the manager must be a manager
of all the shares that user is authorized to access.
The following instructions describe the process of
authorizing a user, group, or directory service (DS) with permission to manage a
share.
The user, group, or DS should now be authorized with permissions to create and
modify shares and users within the managed share.