Local Admins

Local Admins

For a NAS server joined to Active Directory, local admins are the Active Directory users or groups granted local administrative rights over the NAS server itself —— for example, the ability to manage SMB share permissions from a Windows client using the "Computer Management" MMC snap-in, without being a full domain administrator. This is only relevant to NAS servers using Active Directory; it doesn't apply to Workgroup-mode SMB.

The built-in Domain Admins group is always a local admin and can't be added or removed through these commands.

Listing local admins

Using the web interface

Open Application Volumes > NAS Servers > Local Admins to see every user/group currently granted local admin rights.

Using the CLI

nas_servers active_directory local_admins list

This command takes no options.

Example

nas_servers active_directory local_admins list

Adding a local admin

Using the web interface

1. Open Application Volumes > NAS Servers > Local Admins and choose Add.
2. Enter the Active Directory user or group name.
3. Confirm to add it.

Using the CLI

nas_servers active_directory local_admins add --name=<domain_user>

Option	Description
--name=<domain_user>	The name of the Active Directory user or group to add as a local admin.

Example

nas_servers active_directory local_admins add --name "CORP\backup-operators"

Deleting a local admin

Using the web interface

1. Open Application Volumes > NAS Servers > Local Admins, select the entry, and choose Delete.
2. Confirm the deletion.

Using the CLI

nas_servers active_directory local_admins delete --name=<domain_user> [--force]

Option	Description
--name=<domain_user>	The name of the local admin to delete.
--force	Skip the confirmation prompt.

Example

nas_servers active_directory local_admins delete --name "CORP\backup-operators"

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See also: NAS Servers