Users & Computers

In Users & Computers, you can add, edit, and remove objects in the domain.

Main Page

There are 4 columns on the main page: Type, Name, Description, and Status.

User

Click the default Users directory in the left panel of the page to perform operations for user objects showing at the right.

To add a user:

  1. Click Add > User.
  2. Configure the new user in the User Information page.
    Note: Password strength requirements depend on the password policy configured in Domain Policy.
  3. Select the groups for the user to be a member of.
  4. Click Apply to save settings.

To import users

  1. Click Add > Import Users.
  2. Select a file to upload. The file should contain user information in CSV format. For more details, please refer to the File Format section below.
  3. Confirm the preview is correct and click OK to import.

File Format

When preparing a file to import, different user accounts should be recorded on separate rows and each of the below values should be separated by a Tab in the following order (from left to right):

For example:user1Password1234this is a exampleuser1@example.comuserexampleuser example\\192.168.1.1\exampleexample.bat\\192.168.1.1\example

To edit user properties:

  1. Select the users you wish to edit, and click Action > Edit.
    Note: You can press and hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple items.
  2. Edit the user properties in related tabs. For more information on the property settings of user accounts, please refer to the Note below.
  3. Click OK to save settings.

Note:

In the Account tab, you will see the following options:

In the Profile tab, you will see the following options:

Please refer to How to Assign a Home Directory to Synology Directory Server Users (Roaming Profile) and How to mount a network drive for Synology Directory Server users for further details.

To delete users:

  1. Select the users you wish to delete, and click Action > Delete.
    Note: You can press and hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple items.
  2. Click Delete in the pop-up message to confirm the deletion.

Note:

Group

Click the default Users directory in the left panel of the page to perform operations for group objects showing at the right.

To add a group:

  1. Click Add > Group.
  2. Configure the new group in the Group Information page.
  3. Click Apply to save settings.

To edit group properties:

  1. Select the groups you wish to edit, and click Action > Edit.
    Note: You can press and hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple items.
  2. Edit the group properties in related tabs.
  3. Click OK to save settings.

To delete groups:

  1. Select the groups you wish to delete, and click Action > Delete.
    Note: You can press and hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple items.
  2. Click Delete in the pop-up message to confirm the deletion.

Note:

Computer

Click the default Computers directory in the left panel of the page to perform operations for computer objects showing at the right.

To edit computer properties:

  1. Select the computer you wish to edit, and click Action > Edit.
  2. Edit the Description for the computer.
  3. Click OK to save settings.

To delete a computer:

  1. Select the computer you wish to delete, and click Action > Delete.
  2. Click Delete in the pop-up message to confirm the deletion.

Note:

Organizational Unit

Organizational units are displayed in the left panel of the page.

To add an organizational unit:

  1. Select an organizational unit to which you wish to add an organizational unit, and click Add > Organizational unit.
  2. Name the new organizational unit in the field, and click OK.
  3. Right-click on the parent directory of the newly added organizational unit, and click Reload. The newly added organizational unit will then show in the left panel of the page.

To add objects to an organizational unit:

You can drag an drop one or more objects at the right to an organizational unit in the left panel of the page.

Note:

To delete an organizational unit:

  1. In the left panel of the page, right-click on the organizational unit you wish to delete, and click Delete.
  2. Click Delete in the pop-up message to confirm the deletion.