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Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
4 Mar 2024 - Permission Management How can I manage ACL settings on my Synology NAS? How do I export folder permissions? How do I migrate files and their domain ACL privilege settings from a Windows server to my Synology NAS? How do I edit the permission for folders...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
12 Mar 2025 - Details Synology operating systems primarily use ACL (Access Control List) to manage shared folder permissions, and Synology Drive follows the same principles. However, due to differences in how Synology Drive operates compared to traditional file transfer...
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22 Oct 2024 - Purpose This article provides steps for migrating files and folders, along with their ACL privilege settings, from a Windows server to your Synology NAS. Environment Make sure your Synology NAS and Windows server are joined to the same ADS domain. Refer...
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18 Sep 2024 - Purpose This article guides you through how to back up and restore shared file links created in Synology Drive and File Station for DSM 6.2. Resolution Back up and restore Synology Drive file sharing links Use Hyper Backup to back up and restore the...
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20 Jun 2024 - Purpose This article guides you through how to use Apache HTTP back-end server and .htaccess files to protect shared folders under the shared folder web via Linux commands. Resolution In the following steps, we assume you want to protect the folder \...
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17 Apr 2024 - Symptom In Synology Drive web portal, the Owner field of a file displays "Deleted user". Diagnosis Possible reasons may include: The file's original owner account was deleted from DSM. The file and its permissions were synced via Synology Drive ShareSync...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
17 Apr 2024 - Details Team folder permissions in Synology Drive follow those set on DSM. To adjust these permissions, sign in to DSM using an admin account and go to Control Panel > Shared Folder , select the shared folder you want to modify, click Edit > Permissions...
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6 Feb 2024 - Symptoms You run a robocopy 1 command on a Windows computer to copy data to a shared folder or any folder on your Synology NAS. The permission of the destination folder changes after the copy. Diagnosis Robocopy may change the permission of the destination...
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25 Oct 2023 - Symptoms When you right-click on a folder or file in Windows File Explorer and go to the Security tab, you may find some permission entries have been changed to "Unix User\ Any Number " (e.g., "Unix User\1074"). Diagnosis The user or group associated...
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26 Sep 2023 - Symptoms You receive any of the following error messages when trying to add or save a permission entry in File Station or Control Panel: ACL explicit permissions exceeds the maximum number of entries. Estimated number of entries: 2xx / Maximum number...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
22 Aug 2023 - Purpose Access Control List (ACL) is a list of access control entries (ACE) attached to an object (such as a file, folder, or program) in the Windows environment. Each entry determines a user or group's access permissions to the object. This article...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
25 Jul 2023 - Symptoms When you right-click on a folder or file in File Station, select Properties , and go to the Permission tab, you may notice some permission entries have been changed to "Unknown: A number " (e.g., "Unknown: 1030"). Environment DSM 7.2 or later...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
21 Jul 2023 - Purpose You can share files with other DSM users as well as non-DSM users in File Station by setting up file sharing via QuickConnect or a DDNS connection. Resolution Create a file sharing link via QuickConnect QuickConnect allows you to connect to your...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
28 Jun 2023 - Symptoms A Synology NAS and a computer join the same domain. After a domain administrator changes a domain user's domain group on the domain controller, the user does not receive the expected group permission when accessing files/folders on the Synology...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
12 Jun 2023 - Purpose This article explains how to export folder permissions in DSM. This feature is only available in DSM 7.0 and above. 1 Notes: For DSM 6.2 and earlier, update to DSM 7.0 to use this feature or use Permission Inspector to check the permission settings...
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1 Jun 2023 - Symptoms You may sometimes find that files are unexpectedly moved, modified, or deleted. This article lists the common causes and provides methods to recover your files. Contents Identify possible causes Restore your data Take preventive actions Resolution...
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8 May 2023 - Symptoms You have joined your Synology NAS to Google Secure LDAP. When you're trying to check the permissions for Google LDAP users in File Station > Properties > Permission > Advanced Option > Permission Inspector , you see an...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
31 Mar 2023 - Details Each shared folder is created with default permissions, and you can assign additional permissions to each shared folder based on your needs. However, we do not recommend modifying or removing the default permissions of each shared folder, as...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
23 Feb 2023 - Details No, you can't. When users are given the Read permission on a file, they will be able to see and read the file, as well as download and copy the file from the Synology NAS to another location via AFP and SMB. However, you can restrict file downloads...
Tutorial & FAQ > DiskStation Manager
6 Jun 2022 - Purpose You can configure the permission settings of a folder to achieve the following goals: Everyone can read, write, and delete all files and sub-folders within the folder. One specific file in the folder cannot be deleted. Resolution There are three...