How do I give someone access to my Synology drive?

Right-click on one of the files or folders, or go to the Action menu. Select Properties. Go to the Owner section to select an owner for the selected files and folders from the Owner drop-down menu. Go to the Permission tab, select a user or group, and then click Edit to open the Permission Editor.

How do I share my Synology drive with another user?

Files or folders stored on your Synology NAS can be shared quickly and easily. Simply right-click on a file or folder and select Share. This generates a link and QR code, which can be sent to friends or other users.

How do I share permissions on Synology?

Go to the Permissions tab. Select the type of user (System internal user, Local users, or Local groups) from the drop-down menu. Tick or untick the appropriate boxes (No access, Read/Write, Read only) for each user or group to customize their access permissions.

How do I add a user to my Synology drive?

How do I give someone access to my NAS?

In the Control Panel, select Shared Folder. Select the folder you want to setup, and click Privileges Setup on the top. Here you can see the advanced settings for this folder. Check the options you want to apply for all users, then choose OK to save your settings.

How to Manage Folder Permissions on a Synology NAS

Can multiple people use a NAS?

You can create and manage multiple user accounts on your Synology NAS.

How many users can connect to Synology NAS?

16,000 local user accounts. The number of supported local groups, shared folders, and local user accounts may vary for different Synology NAS models (Please refer to each NAS model's product spec for the recommended number)

How do I add a user to my box drive?

How do I allow guests to access my Synology local network?

How do I enable shared space on Synology?

To set access permissions for Shared Space folders, sign in to Synology Photos with an administrator account. Click the Account icon, go to Settings > Shared Space, and click Set Access Permissions.

How do shared drive permissions work?

Setting Permissions on Shared Drives

In shared drives, users have different access levels or roles: Managers, Content managers, Contributors, Commenters, and Viewers. Within a shared drive, permissions can vary at the folder or document level, where there can be additional Managers, Editors, Commenters, and Viewers.

Where is the Synology drive admin console?

To launch Synology Drive Admin Console, go to DSM > Main Menu, and click Synology Drive Admin Console. Only users belonging to the DSM administrators group can view and manage Synology Drive Admin Console.

How do I Share a drive with multiple users?

How do I Share a drive to a specific user on my network?

How do I Share access to a shared drive?

Can guest network access my files?

They can't see any of your devices on the network and they don't have the ability to access them. Most importantly, they can't accidentally introduce malware or compromise your devices or data in any other way.

How do I set up external access to my Synology NAS?

How do I change users on my drive?

How do I add files to someone else's drive?

Do you need a Box account to access shared files?

Shared link access

People with the link: Anyone with the link can access the item and no Box account is required. For extra security, you can also set a password or expiration for the link, as well as restrict download and/or preview access for link viewers.

What is the 3 2 1 rule Synology?

A 3-2-1 data protection strategy means having at least three data copies, where one copy is stored locally, and the rest are stored on two different devices.

How much can a Synology drive hold?

Most Synology NAS models support a maximum single volume size of either 16 TB or 108 TB. If your Synology NAS model has a CPU architecture of 32-bit (x86), you can create a volume of up to 16 TB. If your Synology NAS model has a CPU architecture of 64-bit (x64), you can create a volume of up to 108 TB.

What is user quota Synology?

User quota

You assign a quota to a user or a group per shared folder, and members of the administrators group always have unlimited user quotas. An example of user quota is the /homes shared folder.

Is A NAS a shared drive?

Network-attached storage (NAS) is dedicated file storage that enables multiple users and heterogeneous client devices to retrieve data from centralized disk capacity. Users on a local area network (LAN) access the shared storage via a standard Ethernet connection.