Secure networkshare with password

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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Hello everybody,

I recently bought the WD MyCloud 6TB and I am very happy with it.
There is one thing I would like to know:

Is it possible to secure the network share (or a sub share) with a password?

For example: When somebody logs in to our home network. They can automatically access MyCloud share and access all of my data. Therefore I would like to secure the network share with a password.

Thanks in advance!

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If by ‘Network share’ you mean the ‘Public’ share, then you need to create new, private shares, which the administrator (you) can give access rights to the various users created on the device.

Refer to chapter 6 of the user manual for ‘managing users’, and chapter 7 for ‘managing shares’.

I would recommend not putting anything in the ‘Public’ share (unless you want it be be public), not even media, since anyone with access to your network will have full access (read/write) to it. Admittedly, you must trust them to some extent, since you have given them your network access password.

Media can be put in any share, and made available via the DLNA media server (see chapter 11, or my Twonky FAQ).

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Thank you very much for your reply.

I will play around with this after work!