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Manage File Station Settings

To manage File Station settings, open File Station and click the Settings button.

General

Here you can enable File Station logs to record the activities of all users. The user activities include Create folder, Upload, Download, Delete, Rename, Move, Copy, and Property set.

To enable File Station log:

  1. To record the activities of all users, tick Enable File Station log.
  2. Click Save.

To see the File Station log:

  1. Click View Logs, which will lead you to Log Center.
  2. Select File Transfer from the drop-down menu.

To automatically overwrite files with drag-and-drop uploading or keyboard shortcuts:

Tick Always overwrite files when I drag and drop them onto Web browser or paste with keyboard shortcuts. This option lets you automatically overwrite files with the same name when dragging and dropping files from your computer desktop onto web browser, or pasting files with keyboard shortcuts within File Station.

To enable smart drag and drop:

When you drag and drop files within File Station, this feature will automatically determine whether the transfer is a copy or move action.

  1. Tick Enable smart drag and drop.
  2. Select which action to take if another user is simultaneously transferring files with the same name to the same location:
    • Overwrite: Your transferred files will overwrite files with the same name.
    • Skip: Your transferred files will be skipped and not overwrite files with the same name.
  3. Click Save.

Note:

  • If you want to change the copy or move action determined by smart drag and drop, apply the following hotkeys to suit your needs:
    • To shift to a copy action: Press Ctrl while performing drag and drop.
    • To shift to a move action: Press Shift while performing drag and drop.

To apply default UNIX permissions:

Tick Apply default UNIX permissions to apply the default UNIX permissions when users upload or create files and folders. Applied permissions are the same as permissions applied by the UNIX command umask. When this option is enabled, UNIX permissions are 644 for files and 755 for folders. When this option is disabled, UNIX permissions are 666 for files and 777 for folders. The default umask value is 022.

Note:

  • For Windows ACL enabled shared folders (all shares excluding "surveillance" and shares on external drives), please run the chmod command on your Linux or FTP client to change folder and file permission types from Windows ACL to UNIX.
  • Enabling this option might cause inconsistent permission issues between different protocols. To avoid inconsistencies, we suggest leaving this option disabled.

To share the DSM user list with non-admin users:

This option allows non-admin users to access the entire DSM user list if they want to search for files owned by specific DSM users/groups or if they want to share file links with other DSM users.

  1. Tick Share the DSM user list with non-admin users.
  2. Click Save.

To allow file access:

You can allow users to view files in Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online, or send files as email attachments.

To configure the codepage for files downloaded or compressed as .zip:

  1. Select the language from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click Save.

Mount/Connections

By default, all users can mount remote folders or virtual drives. Here you can limit the access to remote folder or virtual drive management to administrators only.

Note:

  • Non-administrator users can only mount remote folders within their home folder.

To permit different users to mount remote folders or virtual drives:

  1. Choose All users or Administrators in the Remote Folder or Virtual Drive section.
  2. Click Save.

To permit different users to mount servers and cloud services:

  1. Choose from All users, Administrators, or Specific user/group.
  2. Selecting Specific user/group will open a window allowing you to configure mounting permissions for different users. To enable access for a specific user, tick the box under the Enabled column. To disable access for a specific user, make sure the box is unticked under the Enabled column. Click Save when you are done.

    Note: Users belonging to the administrators group can use this feature but cannot make any changes. Users logging in using guest can neither use this feature nor make any changes. Permissions for all other users can be configured here.

  3. Click Save.

Shared Links

By default, all users can share file links. Here you can limit the access to shared links management to administrators only.

To permit different users to share file links:

  1. Choose All users, Administrators, or Specific user/group.
  2. Click Save.

To permit different users to create file request links:

  1. Choose All users, Administrators, or Specific user/group.
  2. Click Save.

To specify how many links each user can share:

  1. Specify a number in the field.
  2. Click Save.

To open HTML files as plain text:

  1. Tick Always open HTML files using plain text format. If this option is enabled, HTML files (i.e., HTM, HTML, JSP, XHTML files) are displayed using plain text format when users open them via a file sharing link. This option helps prevent malicious parties from hijacking user login sessions by using embedded script in HTML files.
  2. Click Save.

To enable HTTPS for sharing links via QuickConnect:

  1. Tick Always use HTTPS for sharing links via QuickConnect.
  2. Click Save.

To customize shared link page:

  1. Tick Customize shared link page.
  2. Click Custom settings. You can configure the background, logo and footer message for your shared page. Click Save when you are done.
  3. Click Save.

Speed Limit

You can enable a speed limit to control the maximum usable bandwidth for users and groups who transfer data via File Station.

To enable speed limit:

  1. Tick the box marked Enable speed limit, or Enable speed limit according to a schedule if you would like to implement a speed limit at specific times only. This is a server-wide setting and will override the settings of individual users and groups. Choosing No speed limit disables the speed limit settings of all users and groups.
  2. Click Speed Limit Settings to modify the settings for individual users or groups. For each user and group, you can select one of the following:
    • Apply group settings: The speed limit settings will be the same as the group to which the user belongs.
    • Set up speed cap: A fixed, constant speed limit will be applied to the user or group members. Upload and download speed limits can be specified in the fields to the left.
    • Advanced settings: Two different speed limits can be specified and applied to the user or group members according to the set schedules. Click the Advanced Settings button to modify the speed limit settings and set a schedule.
  3. Click Save.

Note:

  • For more details regarding group speed limit dynamics, refer to this article.
  • When setting speed limit for a user, the Result (UL/DL) section displays the user's actual speed limit according to his individual and group settings. For example, if a user "Achilles" has an individual download limit of 100 KB/s, but belongs to a user group with a download limit of 500 KB/s, then the Result (UL/DL) section will display "Unlimited / 500."

Security

Here you can find the below security settings.

To open HTML files as plain text:

  1. Tick the box Always open HTML files using plain text format. If this option is enabled, HTML files (i.e., HTM, HTML, JSP, XHTML files) are displayed using plain text format when opened in File Station. This option helps prevent malicious parties from hijacking user login sessions by using embedded script in HTML files.

    Note: This is not a global setting. Each user can choose whether or not to enable this option according to his individual needs.

  2. Click Save.
General
Mount/Connections
Shared Links
Speed Limit
Security