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<title xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-ti1">Deprecated - Adding a User</title>
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<para revision="3" xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa1"><application>GNU/Linux</application> is a
multi-user system which means each user can have his or her own preferences,
own files and so on. But unlike <literal>root</literal>, who is the system
administrator, the <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-it1">
<primary>users</primary>
<secondary>adding</secondary>
</indexterm>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.</para>
<para xml:id="BIdNEW-drakxid-addUser-pa5">You will have to create at least
one regular user for yourself — this is the account which you should use for
routine, day-to-day usage. Although it's very easy to log in as
<literal>root</literal> 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.</para>
<para revision="3" xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa2">The first field asks you
for a real name. <application>DrakX</application> will use the first word
you type in this field and copy it, all in lowercase, to the <guimenu>Login
name</guimenu> field, which is the name this user will enter to log on to
the system. You can override it and change the <guimenu>Login
Name</guimenu>. 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
<literal>root</literal> password, but that's no reason to neglect it by
making it blank or too simple: after all, <emphasis>your</emphasis> files
could be the ones at risk.</para>
<para revision="3" xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa3">Once you click on
<guimenu>Accept user</guimenu> you can add other users. Add a user for each
one of your friends, your father, your sister, etc. Click
<guimenu>Next</guimenu> when you're finished adding users.</para>
<para revision="3"></para>
<para revision="3"></para>
<tip condition="expert">
<para revision="1" xml:id="BId-drakxid-addUser-pa4">Clicking the
<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button allows you to change the default
<literal>shell</literal> for that user (<application>bash</application> by
default).</para>
</tip>
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<para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa142a" revision="6">When you're finished adding
users, you'll be asked to choose a user who will be automatically
logged into the system when the computer boots up. If you're
interested in that feature (and don't care much about security),
choose the desired user (if more than one regular user is defined)
and select a window manager, then click on
<guibutton>Next</guibutton>. If you're not interested in this
feature, uncheck the <guilabel>Do you want to use this
feature?</guilabel> box.</para> -->
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