MANAGING USERS, GROUPS, AND SHARES
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WD MY CLOUD EX2 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Managing Users, Groups, and Shares
About Users
About Groups
About Shares
About Users
The Administrator, normally the device owner, is the person in charge of setting up the
device. As the WD My Cloud EX2 device owner, you have a special user account (admin)
that provides you with administrator privileges. With these privileges, you can set up and
configure the device to your specific needs and add other users to your personal cloud. You
also have the power to determine exactly what users can access on the device.
As a default, the administrator (admin) user name does not have a password. You can
create one at anytime (see “Updating a User Password” on page 39).
Note:
Only one individual at a time can use the Administrator logon ID to log into the web
browser app. Because of this, ensure that you log out of the
WD My Cloud EX2 device web browser app when you’re not using it. This allows
other users authorized to use the Administrator logon ID to access the web browser
app.
See Energy Saver - Web Access Timeout on “Energy Saver” on page 114 to
automatically log out of the app after a set amount of time.
The Users screen displays a list of the current users and allows the Administrator to view
user details, create new users, create groups, and grant a user access to existing shares
and groups.
Viewing Users
1. On the navigation bar, click
Users
to display the Set Up Users screen.
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