How To Change Folder Permissions On A Qnap Nas

Advanced folder permissions is a feature of QNAP NAS provided for you to configure the access command of users and user groups to the folders and subfolders. You tin can manage binder permissions from Microsoft Windows or the web-based management interface of the NAS without complicated procedure.

The how-to shows you lot how to configure the advanced folder permissions on QNAP NAS. Note that this feature applies merely to QNAP NAS models running firmware version 3.4.0 or later.

Enable Advanced Folder Permissions

To edit the folder permissions on QNAP NAS, simply become to 'Access Right Direction' > 'Share Folders' > 'Share Folders' and click the 'Folder Permissions' icon.

The interface:

Folder name
Effective permissions
Guest access right setting
Add or remove users and their folder permissions

To configure advanced folder permissions on the NAS, get to 'Admission Correct Management' > 'Share Folders' > 'Advanced Options' and enable "Enable Advanced Folders Permissions" and apply.

The main difference earlier and after you enable Advanced Folder Permissions is:

BEFORE you enable Advanced Folder Permissions, all subfolders have the same access permission as their parent folder.

Later y'all enable Advanced Binder Permissions you tin configure unlike permissions for each subfolder.

Note: Yous tin can configure file-level permissions past logging in Web File Manager.

Configure Avant-garde Folder Permissions & Create Private Folders

The post-obit case shows y'all how to create private folders for different users after enabling Advanced Folder Permissions.

First go to 'Access Right Management' > 'Share Folders' and click 'New Share Folder'.

Enter the folder proper noun, Personal in this example, and specify the necessary settings.

Select 'Full admission' for 'everyone' and deny access for guest.

You can now edit the binder permissions of 'Personal' past clicking the 'Binder Permissions' icon.

The permissions summary is shown.

Select the shared folder on the left.

Notice the user 'everyone' in the list.

Make sure everyone has Read/Write permission.

Select 'Deny access' for Guest Access Right.

Select 'But the owner tin delete the contents' to disallow users who are non the possessor to delete the folders in 'Personal'.

Click 'Utilize'.

Configure Subfolder Permissions

Afterwards applying the permission settings on 'Personal', y'all tin can create private subfolders for unlike users. To do and then, follow the steps below.

Connect to the folder 'Personal' with a valid account who has full access (east.g. admin), and create subfolders 'Tony', 'Steve', and 'Andy'.

Become to the folder permissions interface of 'Personal'. Select the subfolder you would like to assign permissions (e.chiliad. 'Tony').

Select 'administrators' and 'everyone' from the permission list and click 'Remove'

Click 'Add together' and assign Read/Write access for the user 'tony'.

Now only admin and tony has full access to the subfolder 'Tony'.

Click 'Utilise' to save the settings.

Echo the above steps to ready the subfolder permissions for the folders 'Andy' and 'Steve'. Note that only 'admin' can delete the folders Andy, Steve, and Tony considering the pick 'But the owner tin can delete the contents' is enabled.

You may verify the permission settings by connecting to the folder from Windows using a dissimilar user business relationship. If Tony tries to admission to the binder 'Steve', he volition exist denied.

Users can create their own folders and edit the permissions on Windows

Once the advanced folder permissions have been configured, the users tin create their own subfolders and edit the folder permissions in Windows.

Connect to the shared folder 'Personal' from Windows as the user 'tony'. From Windows Explorer, create a folder 'Tony2'.

Right click the folder Tony2 and select 'Properties', under the 'Security' tab click 'Edit'

Remove all existing permissions by clicking 'Remove'. Add the new user 'tony' by clicking 'Add' and allow him to alter this binder every bit shown in the screen below. So click 'OK' twice.

That's it! Now only tony tin can admission the subfolder 'Tony2'. Note that both 'admin' and 'tony' tin delete the binder 'Tony2' since the option 'Merely the owner can delete the contents' has been enabled on the NAS and 'tony' is the owner as he created the folder.