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- <title>Adding a User</title>
+ <title>User and Superuser Management</title>
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- <div lang="" class="section" title="Adding a User">
+ <div lang="" class="section" title="User and Superuser Management">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-addUser"></a>Adding a User
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="addUser"></a>User and Superuser Management
</h2>
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-
-
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa1"></a><span class="application">GNU/Linux</span> is a
- multi-user system which means each user can have his or her own
- preferences, own files and so on. But unlike <code class="literal">root</code>, who is the system
- administrator, the <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-addUser-it1"></a>users you add at this point won't be authorized to
- change anything except their own files and their own
- configurations, protecting the system from unintentional or
- malicious changes which could have a serious impact on it.
- </p>
-
-
-
-
- <p><a name="BIdNEW-drakxid-addUser-pa5"></a>You will have to create at
- least one regular user for yourself&nbsp;&#8212; this is the account
- which you should use for routine, day-to-day usage. Although it's
- very easy to log in as <code class="literal">root</code> to do anything and
- everything, it may also be very dangerous! A very simple mistake
- could mean that your system won't work any more. If you make a
- serious mistake as a regular user, the worst that can happen is that
- you'll lose some information, but you won't affect the entire
- system.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa2"></a>The first field asks
- you for a real name. <span class="application">DrakX</span> will use the first word you type
- in this field and copy it, all in lowercase, to the <span class="guimenu">Login
- name</span> field, which is the name this user will enter to log
- on to the system. You can override it and change the <span class="guimenu">Login
- Name</span>. The next step is to enter a password. From a
- security point of view, a non-privileged (regular) user's password
- is not as crucial as the <code class="literal">root</code> password, but
- that's no reason to neglect it by making it blank or too simple:
- after all, <span class="emphasis"><em>your</em></span> files could be the ones at
- risk.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa3"></a>Once you click on
- <span class="guimenu">Accept user</span> you can add other users. Add a user
- for each one of your friends, your father, your sister, etc. Click
- <span class="guimenu">Next</span> when you're finished adding users.
- </p>
-
-
-
-
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Tip</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa4"></a>Clicking the
- <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> button allows you to change the
- default <code class="literal">shell</code> for that user
- (<span class="application">bash</span> by default).
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="Set Administrator (root) Password:">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="root-password"></a>Set Administrator (root) Password:
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+ <p><a name="root-password-pa1"></a>It is advisable for all Mageia installations to set a superuser or administrator's password, usually called the <span class="emphasis"><em>root password</em></span> in Linux. As you type a password into the top box the shield in its colour will change from red to yellow to green depending
+ on the strength of the password. A green shield shows you are using a strong password. You need to repeat the same password
+ in the box just below the first password box, this checks that you have not mistyped the first password by comparing them.
+
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Note">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left">Note</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+ <p><a name="root-password-pa2"></a>All passwords are case sensitive, it is best to use a mixture of letters (upper and lower case), numbers and other characters
+ in a password.
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
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-
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Enter a user">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="enterUser"></a>Enter a user
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+ <p><a name="enterUser-pa1"></a>Use Led43's text to write this part
+ </p>
+
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Advanced User Management">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="addUserAdvanced"></a>Advanced User Management
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p><a name="addUserAdvanced-pa1"></a>Use Led43's text to write this part
+ </p>
+
+
+ </div>
+
+
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