User Management
Set Administrator (root)
Password:
It is advisable for all Mageia installations to set a
superuser (Administrator) password, usually called the
root password in Linux. You need to repeat the same
password in the box underneath, to check that the first entry was not
mistyped.
As you type a password into the top box a shield 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.
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.
Enter a user
Add a User here. A regular user has fewer privileges than the
superuser (root), but enough to use the Internet,
office applications or play games and anything else the average user might
use a computer for.
Icon
Click on this button if you want to change the user's
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Real Name
Insert the user's real name into this text box
Login Name
Enter the user login name or let DrakX use a version of the
user's real name. The login name is
case-sensitive.
The login entered here should be different to any login
currently in use for your /home directory. Some
user parameters will be written in the user space, and some can
overwrite actual data such as Firefox, Thunderbird or Kmail
data...
Password
Type in the user password (remembering the advice in the Note
above).
Password (again): Retype the
user password. DrakX will check that you have not mistyped the
password.
Any users added while installing Mageia, will have a home
directory that is both read and write protected (umask=0027)
You can add any extra needed users in the Configuration
- Summary step during the install. Choose User
management.
The access permissions can also be changed after the
install.
User Management (advanced)
The Advanced option allows you to edit further
settings for the user you are adding.
Shell: This drop-down list allows you to
change the shell available to any user you added in the previous
screen. Options are Bash, Dash
and Sh
User ID: Here you can set the user ID for
any user you added in the previous screen. If you are unsure what the
purpose of this is, then leave it blank.
Group ID: This lets you set the group ID.
Again, if unsure, leave it blank.