Accounts
The first Cardinal account that you log into your Home Server with will be made the server owner.
Your Cardinal Home Server supports two types of user accounts: cloud accounts and local accounts.
Cloud accounts
Cloud accounts are also called Cardinal accounts, and are free to create. Cloud accounts allow you to use Cardinal's online services.
The first Cardinal account that you log into your Home Server with will be made the server owner. Once your Home Server has been claimed by a Cardinal Account, it can only be unclaimed by performing a factory reset.
If Cardinal's cloud services are offline, you will still be able to use your Home Server locally.
Local accounts
Your Home Server also supports local accounts. At this time, the only local account is the Guest account.
Guest account
The guest account allows for access to your apps without authentication. Having a guest account makes it easy to share a Home Server with others in the same home, and it's a convenient way to try out the apps without making an account.
If you are going to expose your Home Server to the internet, you should disable the guest account as per the Best Practices.
Using both
You can seamlessly switch between cloud and local accounts at any time.