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freeStor 4020 User’s Manual
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Figure 3-16: Update Authentication Mode Page
3. Make the desired changes, if any, and click “Apply”. The changes must follow the rules as
described in the initial configuration instructions.
Synchronizing the Active Directory server and the freeStor 4020
By default, the storage system obtains information about users and groups from the Active
Directory server every 30 minutes, and you can change this value.
If you add a new user or group to the Active Directory server and don’t want to wait until the next
synchronization before assigning that user or group to a shared folder, you can synchronize the
storage system and Active Directory server immediately. You should also do this if a user’s
password changed on the Active Directory server and the user can no longer access shared
folders on the storage system.
To synchronize the storage system and Active Directory server:
1. In the navigation bar, click Users.
2. In the left pane, click either Users & Computers or Groups.
3. Click Synchronize.
The page displays the progress of the synchronization.
Notes:
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Your storage system supports only 128 users and 128 groups. If the selected
organizational unit on your Active Directory server currently exceeds these
maximums, the excess users or groups will not be added to the storage
system.
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If the clocks of the storage system and the Active Directory server differ by
more than five minutes, errors will occur when the two systems synchronize.
You must adjust the storage system time, time zone, or both to ensure that
they match. Even if the storage system and Active Directory server are in the
same time zone and have the same time, errors might still occur if the Active