QNAP Systems Ts 253 User Guide

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Online Users 
 
The information of online users connected to the NAS by networking services is shown here. 
 
Tip: Right click on a record to disconnect the IP connection and block the IP.  
 
Syslog Client Management 
 
Syslog is a standard for forwarding log messages on an IP network. Enable this option to save 
event and connection logs to a remote Syslog server. When converting connection logs into a 
CSV file, the connection type and action will be number coded. Refer to the table for code...

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Resource Monitor 
 
You can view the CPU usage, disk usage, and bandwidth transfer statistics of the NAS by 
going to “Main Menu” > “Resource Monitor” to open the Resource Monitor window.  
 
 
Note: On some models, resource monitor is not available in the Main Menu. On those 
models, go to “Control Panel” > “Overview” > “System Status” > “Resource Monitor”. 
 
Below are the sections of the Resource Monitor (Main Menu version). 
Overview: Displays CPU usage, memory usage, network usage,...

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Bandwidth Usage: Provides bandwidth transfer information of each available NAS LAN 
port. 
Process: Shows information about the processes running on the NAS. 
Disk Performance: Shows IOPS and latency of the selected volume.   

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Privilege Settings 
 
Go to Control Panel > Privilege Systems to configure privilege settings, disk quotas and 
domain security on the NAS. 
 
  
For setup details, refer to the following links: 
Users 
User Groups 
Share Folders 
Quota 
Domain Security  

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Users 
 
The NAS creates the following users by default: 
admin: Has full access to system administration screens and all shared folders. You cannot delete 
this user. 
guest: Does not belong to any user group and is not displayed on the User Management screen 
Note: The login password is guest. 
anonymous: Is not displayed on the User Management screen. You can use this user when 
connecting to a NAS by FTP. 
 
You can create users based on where the account information is stored....

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Maximum number of 
users 
NAS models 
1,024 TS-110, TS-210 
2,048 TS-112, TS-119, TS-119P+, TS-212, TS-219P+, TS-410, 
TS-239 Pro II+, TS-259 Pro+ 
4,096 TS-412, TS-419P+, TS-410U, TS-419U, TS-412U, TS-419U+, 
SS-439 Pro, SS-839 Pro, TS-439 Pro II+, TS-459U-RP/SP, 
TS-459U-RP+/SP+, TS-459 Pro+, TS-459 Pro II, TS-559 Pro+, 
TS-559 Pro II, TS-659 Pro+, TS-659 Pro II, TS-859 Pro+, 
TS-859U-RP, TS-859U-RP+, TS-809 Pro, TS-809U-RP, TS-879 
Pro, TS-1079 Pro, TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1279U-RP,...

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Creating Multiple Users 
 
To create multiple users on the NAS, follow the steps below: 
1. Go to Control Panel > Privilege Settings > Users.  
2. Click Create > Create Multiple Users. 
3. Click Next. 
4. Enter the name prefix (for example: test.) Enter the start number for the username, 
e.g. 0001 and the number of users to be created (for example: 10.) The NAS will then 
create ten users named: test0001, test0002, test0003 ... test0010. The password 
entered here is the same for all the new...

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Note:  
The password rules (if applicable) will not be applied when importing users. 
The quota settings can be only exported when the quota function is enabled in 
Privilege Settings > Quota. 
 
The NAS supports importing user accounts from TXT, CSV or BIN files. To create a list of user 
accounts with these file types, follow these steps: 
 
TXT 
1. Open a new file with a text editor. 
2. Enter a users information in the following order and separate them by ,: Username, 
Password, Quota...

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Enable Home Folders to create a personal folder to each local and domain user on the NAS. 
Users can access their home folders via Microsoft networking, FTP, AFP, and File Station. All 
the home folders are located in the shared folder Homes, which can only be accessed by 
admin by default. 
 
To use this feature, click Home Folders. Select Enable home folder for all users and the 
disk volume where the home folders will be created in. Click Apply.  

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User Groups 
 
A user group is a collection of users with the same access rights to files or folders.  
 
 
The NAS creates the following user groups by default: 
administrators: All the members in this group have administration rights of the NAS. This group 
cannot be deleted. 
everyone: All the registered users belong to this group. This group cannot be deleted. 
 
The number of user groups you can create on the NAS varies by NAS model. If your NAS is not listed, 
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