The User Accounts section of SoftNAS allows administrators to add, edit, remove and manage user groups and users.

Adding a New User

Adding a new user is very easy. Simply follow the steps given below.

User Details

On the Local Users tab, click the Create a New User button. The Create a User page will be displayed.
In the User Details section, enter the name of the user in the Username text entry box.
Enter the user ID in the User ID text entry box or select Automatic or Calculated.
Enter the real name of the user in the Real Name text entry box.
Enter the home directory to which the user has access in the Home Directory field or select Automatic.
Select the shell from the Shell drop-down list.
Specify the type of the access for the user in the Password field. The available options are No password required, No login allowed, Normal password and pre-encrypted password.
Select the checkbox if you want the login to be temporarily disabled.

In the Password Options section, the Password Changed field specifies when the password has been changed for the user.
Specify the date of expiry of password in the Expiry Date field.
Enter the minimum number of days for password change in the Minimum Days text entry box.
Enter the maximum number of days for password change in the Maximum Days text entry box.
Enter the number of days to warn in the Warning Days text entry box.
Enter the number of inactive days allowed for the user in the Inactive Days text entry box.
Specify whether the user must be forced to change the password in the next login or not by choosing Yes or No option.

In the Group Membership section, Create a New group with same name as user, New group with a different name, or select an existing group for which the user belongs to.
Select the secondary groups for the user by choosing the group(s) in All groups section and pressing the > button to move them to the In groups section.

Specify whether to create a home directory or not by selecting Yes or No.
Specify whether to Copy template files to home directory or not by selecting Yes or No.
Specify whether to Create a user in other modules or not by selecting Yes or No.

Once all configurations are complete, click the Create button. A new user will be added to the list of existing users.

Creating a New User Group is very easy. Simply follow the steps given below.

Navigate to Local Groups tab.
Click the Create a New Group button. The Create User Group page will be displayed.
Enter the name of the group in the Group name text entry box or select Automatic or Calculated
Enter the group ID in the Group ID text entry box.
Specify the type of the access for the group in the Password field. The available options are No password required, pre-encrypted password and Normal password.
Select the users for the group by choosing the users in All users section and pressing the > button to move them to Users in group section.
In the Upon Creation section, specify whether to Create the group in other modules by selecting Yes or No.

Once all configurations are complete, click the Create button. The new user group will be added.

Select the user ID to be disabled from the Local Users list.
Click the Disable Selected button. The Disable Users page asking to confirm the disabling of the selected user will be displayed.
Click the Disable Users button.

The selected user will be disabled.

The Enable Users page confirming the enabling of the selected user will be displayed

Deleting a User

Select the user to be deleted from the Local Users list.
Click the Delete Selected Users button. The Delete Users page asking to confirm the deleting of the selected user will be displayed.
Click the Delete Users button. The selected user will be deleted from all the entries at different modules.