By registering users/groups on the TeraStation manually to enable an access restriction.
By making use of the user/group for the Active Directory to enable an access restriction
An individual account management on the TeraStation is not required.
A centrally managed account information in the Active Directory makes it much easier to introduce and manage the entire system consisting of more than one TeraStation.
Image How can an access restriction be set synchronized with Active Directory? (TS5000 series)
By making use of the user/group for the NT domain to enable an access restriction
An individual account management on the TeraStation is not required.
A centrally managed account information in the NT domain makes it much easier to introduce and manage the entire system consisting of more than one TeraStation.
By making use of users for an external SMB server to enable an access restriction
An automatic registration is possible. A centrally managed account information in the external SMB server makes it much easier to introduce and manage the entire system consisting of more than one TeraStation.
Image How to Configure Delegating Authority to an External SMB Server