docs/docs/stable/installer/en/securityLevel.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:id="securityLevel"
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  <info>
    <title xml:id="securityLevel-ti1">Security Level</title>
  </info>

  <!-- 2012-12-25 marja - moved this part out of misc-params.xml" -->

  <!-- 2013-05-05 marja - added screenshot -->

  <!--2018/02/12 apb: Minor wording.-->

  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx2-securityLevel.png" format="PNG"
                 revision="1" xml:id="securityLevel-im1"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Please choose the desired security
  level</emphasis></para>

  <para revision="1" xml:id="securityLevel-pa1"><emphasis>Standard</emphasis>
  is the default, and recommended setting for the average user.</para>

  <para revision="1"><emphasis>Secure</emphasis> will create a highly
  protected system - for instance if the system is to be used as a public
  server.</para>

  <para><emphasis role="bold">Security Administrator</emphasis></para>

  <para revision="1" xml:id="securityLevel-pa2">This item allows you to
  configure an email address to which the system will send <emphasis>security
  alert messages</emphasis> when it detects situations which require
  notification to a system administrator.</para>

  <para>A good, and easy-to-implement, choice is to enter
  &lt;user&gt;@localhost - where &lt;user&gt; is the login name of the user to
  receive these messages.</para>

  <note>
    <para>The system sends such messages as <emphasis role="bold">Unix
    Mailspool messages</emphasis>, not as "ordinary" SMTP mail: this user must
    therefore be configured for receiving such mail!</para>
  </note>

  <para revision="2" xml:id="securityLevel-pa3">It will always be possible to
  adjust your security settings post-install in the
  <emphasis>Security</emphasis> section of the Mageia Control Center.</para>
</section>