For simplicity sake, I am only using users. Once I get the fundamentals down, I will move on from there. I have no clue on how to access the log. I will have to look into that and report back
I figured out the log location. The default local root drive works fine, and new directories within that share populate. The 2 test directories that are UNC paths came back with username/password failures.
And everything is resolved now. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!