Administrating Users on Departmentshare

When a share is created on Departmentshare, a user must administer it. Typically, this is a user within the department. This user is charged with maintaining the access list to the share. Below are the instructions for administrating the share(s) in Departmentshare:

Adding a User
Removing a User

Adding a User:

  1. Go to myweb.nmu.edu/admin and login in with your NMU credentials
  2. Click the button labeled "SAMBA Shared-Drive Admin"
  3. We will be working in the section labeled "Grant User Access"
  4. Enter the Email ID (username) of the user you would like to grant access
  5. Select the share from the "Server|Group" dropdown
  6. Click the New button
  7. The user will now show up under the Current Users area with access to the share

Removing a User:

  1. Go to myweb.nmu.edu/admin and login in with your NMU credentials
  2. Click the button labeled "SAMBA Shared-Drive Admin"
  3. We will be working in the section labeled "Current Users"
  4. Identify the user you would like to remove (hint: the "Group" column is the shared folder the user has access to)
  5. Click the trashcan icon to the far left
     
  6. Click OK on the confirmation dialog
  7. Click Continue on the box letting you know that the user was removed
  8. The user no longer has access to the share on Departmentshare
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