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by sysmgr

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WD MyBook World - external ethernet drive.
How do I set up/format this drive to be part of my domain - and to "accept" security and permissions as part of the domain?

Or, is a 500 GB external storage too good to be true??

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by cmiller5400

Well, I took a quick look at the manual available at http://www.wdc.com and it did not state instructions on how to connect to a domain, so therefore, it looks like it can not be done easily if at all...

by eduardo (pt)

If it is a hard drive that connects trought network cable, then it does have an IP address. You need tor read the manual and find what is the hard drive's IP address, and the network Mask it uses.
Only after you have that kind of information you can do remaining stuff...

by sysmgr

Ip and Mask are set, and the drive can be viewed over the network, but I don't know how to manage permissions for this device through the domain. The default is to add users through the Web interface, and give one of 3 permissions: Full, Read Only, None.
It isn't real flexible...
thank you for your input !!!

by cmiller5400

In the manual, it does not specify a way to do this. You may have better luck contacting Western Digital's support desk. They could tell you right away if it can do this.

by eduardo (pt)

Now I understand your question. Sorry, but I don't really know if that hard drive supports such a thing, so like cmiller5400 said: it's better to contact WD's support desk to check if that's possible.

by sysmgr

I started with WD. I sent a number of emails through their support page - beginning on Jan 2, but have not heard back. I'll continue to try there.
Thanks again.

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