---
title: "Managing the CTERA Edge Filer Users"
slug: "managing-the-ctera-edge-filer-users-5-1-1-1-1"
tags: ["Edge Filer", "Gateway", "Filer", "7.13"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-03-05T16:02:36Z
published: 2026-04-12T05:54:43Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/managing-the-ctera-edge-filer-users-5-1-1-1-1"
---

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# Managing the CTERA Edge Filer Users

In order to enable users to access shared folders, you must define the users in the CTERA Edge Filer. You can:

- Grant the user access rights to network shares.
- Add a custom user group. The entire user group can then be granted access rights to network shares, and the access rights will apply to all members of the user group.  

Users can be grouped, as described in [Managing User Groups](/v1/docs/managing-user-groups-11-1-1-1-1).
- Add the user to the built-in **Read Only Administrators** user group, which includes read-only access rights to view the settings in the **Configuration** view.
- Add the user to the built-in **Administrators** user group, which includes read-write access rights to view and modify settings in the **Configuration** view.

          **Notes**

          

Users and user groups are granted access rights to network shares during share configuration. See [Managing Network Shares](/v1/docs/managing-network-shares-5-1-1-1-1).

Users that are not members of the **Administrators** or **Read Only Administrators** user groups do not see the **Configuration** view.