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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, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-269 Pro, 
TS-269L, TS-469 Pro, TS-469L, TS-569 Pro, TS-569L, 
TS-669 Pro, TS-669L, TS-869 Pro, TS-869L, TS-251, 
TS-451, TS-651, TS-851, TS-253 Pro, TS-453 Pro, TS-653 
Pro, TS-853 Pro, SS-453 Pro, SS-853 Pro.  
 
A group name cannot exceed 256 characters. It is case-insensitive and supports double-byte 
characters, such as Chinese, Japanese, and...

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Shared Folders 
 
Go to Control Panel > Privilege Settings > Shared Folders to configure shared folders of 
your NAS.    
 
 
This chapter covers the following topics: 
Shared Folders 
Folder Encryption 
ISO Shared Folders 
Folder Aggregation 
 
Shared Folders 
 
You can create multiple shared folders on the NAS and specify the access rights of the users and user 
groups to the shares. The number of shared folders you can create on the NAS varies according to the 
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Pro+ 
512 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-x70, 
TS-879 Pro, TS-1079 Pro, TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, 
TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TVS-471, TVS-671, TVS-871, 
TVS-871U-RP, TVS-1271U-RP, TVS-463, TVS-663, TVS-863, 
TVS-863+. 
 
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Microsoft Networking will be conducted via SMB3 and encrypted. All SMB3 clients will 
be able to connect to NAS via Microsoft Networking.  
o Recycle Bin: Enable the Network Recycle Bin for created shared folders. Restrict the 
access of Recycle Bin to administrators only for now will ensure that files deleted and 
moved to the Network Recycle Bin can only be recovered by administrators. Please 
note that the Recycle Bin option is only available after you enable Network Recycle Bin 
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Add to confirm. Click Remove to remove any configured permissions. You can select 
multiple items by holding the Ctrl key and left clicking them. 
 
Subfolder Permissions 
The NAS supports subfolder permission configurations for secure management of the folders 
and subfolders. You can specify read, read/write, and deny access of individual user to each 
folder and subfolder. 
To configure subfolder permissions, follow the steps below:  
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6. Select a user from the list or search for a username and then click Set.  
o Only the owner can delete the contents: When you apply this option to a folder, only 
the folder owner can delete the first-level subfolders and files. This option does not 
apply to the subfolders of the selected folder even if the options Apply changes to 
files and subfolders and Apply and replace all existing permissions of this folder, files, 
and subfolders are selected. 
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If you specify read-only access for a user on the root folder, the user will have read 
only access to all the subfolders even if you select read/write access to the subfolders. 
To specify read-only permission on the root folder and read/write permission on the 
subfolders, you must set read/write permission on the root folder and use the option 
Only admin can create files and folders (to be explained later). 
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authorized password. The encryption feature protects the confidential data in the folder from 
unauthorized access even if the hard drives or the entire NAS were stolen. 
 
 
Note:  
The function or its content is only applicable on some models. 
The encryption key cannot include dollar signs ($) or equal signs (=). 
Encrypted shared folders cannot be accessed via NFS. 
If a volume has been encrypted, the shared folders on that volume cannot be 
encrypted. 
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You can choose to automatically mount the encrypted folder by selecting Mount 
automatically on start up in the Save tab. Enter the encryption key to mount the 
folder automatically for access. This option will be automatically enabled if the Save 
encryption key is checked when encrypting the folder. Folders that do not have this 
option enabled will be locked after the system restarts. 
To prevent access to the encrypted folder, enable the lock function in the Lock tab. 
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The NAS supports mounting ISO image files using File Station. Refer to the File Station 
chapter for more details. 
 
Note:  
ARM-based NAS models do not support using Cyrillic characters for the name of a 
subfolder in an ISO shared folder (the name will be incorrectly displayed if a subfolder 
is created with a Cyrillic name.) Please name the subfolder with a different language 
before an ISO file is created. 
For Mac OSX, mounting a folder that contains the # character in the folder name...