Configure DS Groups

You can access an imported directory service group's settings and activity logs from the list of groups found by selecting Accounts > Groups from the Admin menu. Click Edit for the group you want to configure.

Tab Description

Detail

View the DS group's name, modify the directory, or delete the directory from Shares

Member Of

If this group is a member of another group, this tab provides that information.

Members

Displays this group's DS members and enables you to edit corresponding DS user settings. For details on editing DS user settings, see Importing DS Users.

Security

Configure specific security settings for all members of the DS group, including whether all members of the group can log into Shares, and whether all members of the group are administrators. If you leave these check boxes clear, you can configure local users’ security settings from their individual account pages. See Adding Local Users for details.

Shares

Authorize specific shares for the members of this DS group to access.

Clicking Add Share provides a list of nodes and shares that are currently configured in the Shares application’s Authorize link.

Click Authorize to authorize a share. You can modify the DS group's permissions for browsing, transferring, and performing file operations within it. The default permission is browse. To edit these permissions or disallow the DS group's access to the share, click edit.
Note: If you authorized a share for this DS group's entire directory, then this group will inherit the same access permissions for that share.
Note: If you authorize the share for this DS group's entire directory, the Inherited? column is populated with the text "Inherited."

Select permissions that group members have for the authorized share. After modifying the settings, click Update. You may disallow access to this share by clicking Delete.

Transfer Settings

You can override the settings of Shares on Demand for this group by implementing transfer settings specifically for members of this group. Click Override these settings to make transfer settings changes in the enabled text boxes.

Transfer settings include the following:

  • Upload target rate For example, 1.5 Gbps, 500Mbps, 10 K, 3000. Leave blank to use the node's settings.
  • Upload target rate cap For example, 1.5 Gbps, 500Mbps, 10 K, 3000. Leave blank to use the node's settings.
  • Download target rate For example, 1.5 Gbps, 500Mbps, 10 K, 3000. Leave blank to use the node's settings.
  • Download target rate cap For example, 1.5 Gbps, 500Mbps, 10 K, 3000. Leave blank to use the node's settings.
  • Starting policy: Select the policy to be enforced when the transfer starts:
    • Fixed The transfer transmits data at a rate equal to the target rate, although this may impact the performance of other traffic present on the network.
    • High The transfer rate is adjusted to use the available bandwidth up to the maximum rate.
    • Fair The transfer attempts to transmit data at a rate equal to the target rate. If network conditions do not permit that, it transfers at a rate lower than the target rate, but not less than the minimum rate.
    • Low The transfer rate is less aggressive than Fair when sharing bandwidth with other network traffic. When congestion occurs, the transfer rate is decreased to the minimum rate, until other traffic retreats.
  • Allowed policy: Select the policies that are available to the user during transfer. You can also select Inherit from node to use the node’s setting.
  • Encryption: Select Optional or AES-128. You can also select Inherit from node to use the node’s setting.
  • Encryption at rest: Select Optional or Required. You can also select Inherit from node to use the node’s setting. If you select Required, the uploaded files must be encrypted during a transfer to protect them while they are stored on a remote server. The uploader sets a password before uploading the file, and the downloader needs to enter that password to decrypt the file.

You can also select Inherit from node to use the node's settings.

Click Save to keep the new settings or Cancel cancel setting changes. You may also click Use Inherited Settings to return to the application-wide transfer configuration.

Activity

View and search for activity by members of this DS group.