How to Add Local User Accounts

If you are not connected to LDAP or Active Directory and want to add a local user account for file shares follow these instructions

Step-by-step guide

1. Connect to the Brickstor via SSH or into the terminal directly
2. #useradd <username>
3. To set the user’s password:
   1. #passwd <username>
4. To add permissions for this user for SMB, AFP, or NFS shares, modify permissions for “unixuser: <username>” in MyRack Manager.

To add users with a specific uid and gid follow this format:

1. #useradd -u <uid> -g <gid> <username>

Note

To remove an account just use: 

1. #userdel <username>