Authorizing a User, Group, or DS With Manager Permissions

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:

The following instructions describe the process of authorizing a user, group, or directory service (DS) with permission to manage a share.
  1. Use the drop-down menu to the right of the share and select Authorizations.
  2. Add a user, group, or DS. Use the Authorize User, the Authorize Group, and the Authorize Directory links.
  3. Search for the name of the user, group, or DS you want to give access to the share. Once you have found the correct user, group, or DS, click the Add button.
  4. On the Authorizations page, check the manage box to enable management of the share.
The user, group, or DS should now be authorized with permissions to create and modify shares and users within the managed share.