Creating a Local Authentication User

This operation enables you to create a local authentication user. For applications that use local authentication, local users are used to access shares. You can add a local user to a local user group for authentication and access a share as the user group.

Procedure

Choose Services > File Service > Authentication User > UNIX Users > Local Authentication User.
Click Create.
The Create Local Authentication User page is displayed.

Set basic information about the local authentication user.

Table 1 describes related parameters.

**Table 1** Local authentication user parameters
Parameter	Description
Name	Indicates the name of the local authentication user. NOTE: The name must be unique. The name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.), and cannot start with a hyphen (-). The name contains 1 to 64 characters.
ID	Indicates the ID of the local authentication user.
Primary Group	Indicates the primary user group to which the local authentication user belongs. You can click Select and select a user group on the Select Primary Group page that is displayed.
Description	Indicates the description of the local authentication user. NOTE: The description can be left blank or contain up to 255 characters.

Click OK.