Changing The Authentication Mode - Acer Altos EasyStore User Manual

Chapter 3
Removing a group

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In local authentication mode, removing a group does not remove the users that are
members of that group; it simply means that the group will no longer appear in the
Groups list on the Groups page. The users remain listed on the Users &
Computers page. (In Active Directory authentication mode, you cannot remove a
group on the storage system. That can be done only on the Active Directory server.)
However, removing a group can affect access to shared folders. When you remove
a group, the members of that group will no longer have access to any shared folders
that the group was authorized to access unless they were granted individual access
as well.
For example, the Executives group might include Alice, Bob, and Carlos, and that
group might have read/write access to the Budget shared folder. If you remove the
Executives group, Alice, Bob, and Carlos remain users, but they will no longer have
any access to that shared folder.
On the other hand, if the Executives group had read/write access to the Budget shared
folder, but Alice had read-only access, when you remove the group, Bob and Carlos will
no longer have access to the Budget shared folder (since their access rights were
determined by their group membership), but Alice will continue to have read-only
access, since that access right was granted to her on a user level.
To remove a group:
1. In the navigation bar, click Users.
2. In the left pane, click Groups.
3. In the Groups list, select the group that you want to remove.
4. Click Remove.
Note: If the storage system uses Active Directory authentication mode,
this button displays dimmed.
5. When prompted to confirm the removal, click OK.
The group no longer displays in the Groups list.
Your storage system can operate in one of two modes:
Local authentication mode
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Active Directory authentication mode
l
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