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# Enhance Security on your Shared Folders

The HP Media Vault comes with different options for securing folders and files saved to the server. You can permit everyone on your network access to all your server’s files, or you can set the access levels on individual folders that contain sensitive information so that only you have access to those files.

The server’s two security options for shared folders are:

- Private
- Public

Public Shared Folders

Public shared folders have the lowest level of security. In public shared folders, everyone on your network has equal access to all your folders. However, you can add one level of security to public shared folders by password protecting them. With password protection enabled, network users must enter the name of the shared folder as the user name and the appropriate password before gaining access to the folder.

Private Shared Folders

Private shared folders are the default. They have a more restrictive security level because you grant "access privileges" for each defined network user on each shared folder.

Let's say you store all your financial files on the server. All your network users store their music files to the server so that they can download songs only once from the Internet. But you don't want all your network users to have access to your financial files. In this case, you would create separate user names for each user giving them "Full access" to the shared folders containing music. You would then assign "No access" to these users on shared folders that contain financial files.

| Note
| Private shared folders require a more thorough understanding of the server's networking features, and occasional maintenance of changes. Before deciding to enable private shared folders, make sure that you understand the configuration screens.

| To select private mode

1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
2. On the Tools tab, click Customize HP Media Vault.
3. You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one up. For additional information, see Editing System Settings.
4. On the Shared Folders tab, locate the folder you want to change.
5. Click Edit.
6. Click Private mode.
7. Select permissions for each user.
8. As administrator, you must create user names for each user. You must also assign one of the following three privilege levels for every user, for every shared folder on the server:

- Full access
- Read-only access
- No access

| Note
| If users are not created, you can assign their folder privileges as you create each user.

9. For additional information, see Creating a User.
10. Click Save.

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