TerraMaster OS (TOS) 4.1 Software Introduction

Users, Groups, and Shared Folders

You can not have a NAS without three things, users, user groups, and shared folders. Well, you can, but it is a lot less fun. You can also leave out the groups, but believe me, they make the management a lot easier.

Users

Users are the cornerstone which allows people to connect securely to your NAS. Each user has individual rights and you can make a lot of them. Enough to satisfy even the most demanding setups.

Each user has their own access rights and details, allowing you to distribute rights as they’re needed.

User Groups

Instead of micromanaging all your users, you can add them to groups and set the rights for that entire group. A lot of the time, many users will need to have access to the same things and groups make that easy.

Shared Folders

Users won’t do you much good without shared folders. After all, they are where you store your files. TerraMaster OS can not just create empty folders and share them, it can also share ISO files as folders.

Each folder can have its own access rights, allowing you to give access to only what you want to share.

ISO files can be mounted to simulated folders too, allowing you to easily share grabbed disk images from your NAS.

LDAP/Domain

While most home users are satisfied with ordinary sharing, it isn’t enough for all companies. Luckily, TerraMaster OS supports LDAP and Domain setups too.

You’ll find all the settings and options you’d expect.

But whether you need this function or not isn’t something that I can predict.