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Enhance security on your Shared Folders
The HP Media Vault comes
with different options for securing folders and files saved to the media vault.
You can
permit everyone on your network access to all your media vault
’
s files,
or you can set the access levels on
individual folders that contain sensitive
information so that only you have access to those files.
The media vault
’
s two
primary security modes are:
Workgroup mode
User
-
based
mode
Workgroup mode
The media vault
’
s default
security mode is workgroup mode, which is the lowest level of security for your
Shared
Folders. In workgroup mode, everyone on your network has equal access to
all your folders. However, you can
add one level of security in workgroup mode by
password protecting your Shared Folders. With password
protection enabled,
network users must enter appropriate passwords before gaining access to the folders.
Password protection in workgroup mode is problematic in Vista; the behavior is inconsistent.
Therefore, if you want to password protect a Shared Folder, you should switch to
User
-
based mode
.
To password protect Shared Folders
, see
Modify a Shared Folder in workgroup mode
.
User
-
based mode
User
-
based mode is a more
restrictive security level because you grant "access privileges" for
each defined
network user on each Shared Folder.
To select user
-
based mode:
1.
Double
-
click the
HP Media Vault
icon on your desktop.
2. Click
Customize your HP Media Vault
’
s setting
.
3.
If the
Welcome Screen
appears, click
Configure Device
.
4.
Click the
Network Settings
tab.
5. Click
User
-
based mode
.
6. Click
Accept
or
Cancel
. (If you click
Cancel,
the change from workgroup mode
to user
-
based mode
will not be accepted.)