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Luminary

Feb 02, 2022

accounts on my NAS

I bought this Nas used and now I have this Accounts management is that correct for just me as user?

Guru - Experienced User

Feb 02, 2022

carlocki wrote:

I bought this Nas used

and now I have this Accounts management

is that correct for just me as user?

If you are using the Carlo account for normal access (not administration), then it is fine.

carlocki
Luminary
Feb 02, 2022
yes I do like this.
what the need of admin?
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Feb 02, 2022
  carlocki wrote:
  
  yes I do like this.
  
  what the need of admin?
  
  The admin account is needed when you access the admin web ui.
  
  It also has one other feature - you can mount the entire NAS data volume to a single drive letter if you use the admin credentials.

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