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title: "Shared Link Permissions"
slug: "shared-link-permissions"
updated: 2025-10-27T21:56:18Z
published: 2025-10-27T21:56:18Z
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# Shared Link Permissions

### Audience

This guide is intended for IT administrators or individuals configuring Web Access for file sharing.

### Introduction

A shared link is a secure, signed URL that a user can create through the Web Access interface. An administrator can list, search for, and delete shared links through the Nasuni Management Console.

If shared links are enabled for a share and you select **'Allow only specified Groups and Users'**, you can specify the groups or users who can create shared links, as well as whether they can create read-write or read-only links.

## Allowing only specified groups and users to create or share Shared Links

If [shared links are enabled](/v1/docs/getting-started-guides#step-5-enable-shared-links), you can specify the groups and users who are allowed to create shared links by selecting **Allow only specified Groups and Users**.

Groups and users can be set to one of the following permissions:

- **Deny** - Cannot create shared links.
- **Read-Write** - Can create read-only shared links for files and write links for directories.
- **Read-Only**- Can create read-only shared links for files and folders.

If a user's permission conflicts with one or more group permissions to which the user belongs, then the precedence is as above. **Deny** overrides a **Read-Write** permission; **Read-Write** overrides a **Read-Only** permission.

To enable the option to allow only specified groups or users to create or share links, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the NMC UI, and click the **Volumes** tab.
2. From the left-side menu, click **Shares**.
3. Click the volume’s **Edit** icon ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/image(264).png).
4. Ensure both **Web Access** and **Enable Shared Links** checkboxes are checked.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/image(269).png)
5. Click the **Shared Link Permissions** drop-down menu and select **Allow only specified Groups and Users**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/image(271).png)
6. Proceed to add users or groups.

### Adding one Group to Shared Link Permissions

To add one group to shared link permissions, follow these steps:

1. In the **Groups**area, click **Add One**. The **Name**search box appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-4c1dqyth.png)
2. Enter a partial or complete group name, then click **Search**. The **Select Group**dialog box appears, containing the partial or complete group name. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-5foajh7x.png)
3. To control the range of the search, select one of the following:

**All**: To search through all groups.

**Domain only**: To search through domain groups only.

**Native only**: To search through native groups only.
4. Click **Search**. A list of groups that match your search appears.
5. Select the group, then click **Add Selected Group**. The selected group appears in the **Groups**area.![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-k80ls5qj.png)

1. For each group in the **Groups**list, from the **Access**drop-down list, select either **Read-Write**, **Read-Only**, or **Deny**.

### Adding multiple Groups to Shared Link Permissions

To add more than one group to shared link permissions, follow these steps:

1. In the **Groups**area, click **Add Many**. The **Select Groups**dialog box appears.
2. In the **Search**text box, enter a partial or complete group name.
3. To control the range of the search, select one of the following:

**All**: To search through all groups.

**Domain only**: To search though domain groups only.

**Native only**: To search through native groups only.
4. Click **Search**. A list of groups that match your search appears.
5. Select the groups, then click **Add Selected Groups**. The selected groups appear in the **Groups**area.
6. For each group in the **Groups**list, from the **Access**drop-down list, select either **Read-Write**, **Read-Only**, or **Deny**.

### Deleting a Group

To delete a group from the **Groups**list, click **Delete**next to the group name. The group is deleted from the list.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/image(272).png)

### Adding one User to Shared Link Permissions

To add one user to shared link permissions, follow these steps:

1. In the **Users**area, click **Add One**. The **Name**search box appears.![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-d20mxpwm.png)
2. Enter a partial or complete user name, then click **Search**.

Include the Active Directory domain name, followed by a slash, followed by the user name.

The **Select User**dialog box appears, containing the partial or complete user name. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-miibe3av.png)
3. To control the range of the search, select one of the following:
  - **All**: To search through all users.
  - **Domain only**: To search though domain users only.
  - **Native only**: To search through native users only.
4. Click **Search**. A list of users that match your search appears. Select the user, then click **Add Selected User**. The selected user appears in the **Users**area.![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/configuring-shared-links-for-web-access-image-pu0wxnf8.png)

1. For each user in the **Users**list, from the **Access**drop-down list, select either **Read-Write**, **Read-Only**, or **Deny**.

### Adding Multiple Users to Shared Link Permissions

To add more than one user, follow these steps:

1. In the **Users**area, click **Add Many**. The **Select Users**dialog box appears.
2. In the **Search**text box, enter a partial or complete user name.
3. Include the Active Directory domain name, followed by a slash, followed by the user name.
4. To control the range of the search, select one of the following:

**All**: To search through all users.

**Domain only**: To search though domain users only.

**Native only**: To search through native users only.
5. Click **Search**. A list of users that match your search appears.
6. Select the users, then click **Add Selected Users**. The selected users appear in the **Users**area.
7. For each user in the **Users**list, from the **Access**drop-down list, select either **Read-Write**, **Read-Only**, or **Deny**.
8. (Optional) To delete a user from the **Users**list, click the **Delete** button next to the user's name. The user is deleted from the list.