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carlocki
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?
carlocki's avatar
carlocki
Luminary
Feb 02, 2022

yes I do like this.

what the need of admin?

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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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