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authorPapoteur <papoteur@mageia.org>2019-01-26 16:03:04 +0100
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
- <title>User and Superuser Management</title>
+ <title>User Management</title>
<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2">
<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
<link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px }
--></style></head>
<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
- <div lang="" class="section" title="User and Superuser Management">
+ <div class="section" title="User Management">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="addUser"></a>User and Superuser Management
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="addUser"></a>User Management
</h2>
</div>
</div>
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
+
+
+
+
<div class="section" title="Set Administrator (root) Password:">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
@@ -38,14 +42,13 @@
</div>
- <p>It is advisable for all <span class="application">Mageia</span>
- 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 colour of its 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. 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>It is advisable for all Mageia installations to set a
+ <code class="literal">superuser</code> (Administrator) password, usually called the
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>root </em></span>password in Linux. 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. You need to repeat the same password in the box underneath, to
+ check that the first entry was not mistyped.
</p>
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p>All passwords are case sensitive, it is best to use a mixture of
+ <p>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>
@@ -80,43 +83,51 @@
</div>
- <p>Add a user here. A user has fewer rights than the superuser (root), but enough to use the internet, office applications or
- play games and anything else the average user does with his computer
+ <p>Add a User here. A regular user has fewer privileges than the
+ <code class="literal">superuser</code> (root), but enough to use the Internet,
+ office applications or play games and anything else the average user might
+ use a computer for.
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guibutton">Icon</span>: if you click on this button it will change the user's icon.
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Icon</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Click on this button if you want to change the user's
+ icon
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Real Name</span>: Insert the user's real name into this text box.
- </p>
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Real Name</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Insert the user's real name into this text box</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Login Name</span>: Here you enter the user login name or let drakx use a version of the user's real name. <span class="emphasis"><em>The
- login name is case sensitive.</em></span></p>
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Login Name</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Enter the user login name or let DrakX use a version of the
+ user's real name. <span class="bold"><strong>The login name is
+ case-sensitive.</strong></span></p>
+
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Password</span>: In this text box you should type
- in the user password. There is a shield at the end of the text box
- that indicates the strength of the password. (See also <a class="xref" href="addUser.html#givePassword" title="Note">Note</a>)
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Type in the user password. There is a shield at the end of the
+ text box that indicates the strength of the password. (See also <a class="xref" href="addUser.html#givePassword" title="Note">Note</a>)
</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Password (again)</span>: Retype the user password
- into this text box and drakx will check you have the same password in
- each of the user password text boxes.
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password (again):</strong></span> Retype the
+ user password. DrakX will check that you have not mistyped the
+ password.
</p>
</li>
@@ -132,11 +143,11 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p>Any user you add while installing Mageia, will have a both read
- and write protected home directory (umask=0027).
+ <p>Any users added while installing Mageia, will have a home
+ directory that is both read and write protected (umask=0027)
</p>
- <p>You can add all extra needed users in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Configuration
+ <p>You can add any extra needed users in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Configuration
- Summary</em></span> step during the install. Choose <span class="emphasis"><em>User
management</em></span>.
</p>
@@ -152,77 +163,43 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Advanced User Management">
+ <div class="section" title="User Management (advanced)">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="addUserAdvanced"></a>Advanced User Management
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="addUserAdvanced"></a>User Management (advanced)
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <p>If the <span class="guibutton">advanced</span> button is clicked you are
- offered a screen that allows you to edit the settings for the user you are
- adding.
+ <p>The <span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span> option allows you to edit further
+ settings for the user you are adding.
</p>
- <p>Additionally, you can disable or enable a
- guest account.
- </p>
-
- <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Warning">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p>Anything a guest with a default <span class="emphasis"><em>rbash</em></span> guest
- account saves to his /home directory will be erased when he logs out.
- The guest should save his important files to a USB key.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Enable guest account</span>: Here you can enable
- or disable a guest account. The guest account allows a guest to log
- into and use the PC, but he has more restricted access than normal
- users.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><span class="guilabel">Shell</span>: This drop down list allows you to
- change the shell used by the user you are adding in the previous
- screen, options are Bash, Dash and Sh
- </p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Shell</em></span>: This drop-down list allows you to
+ change the shell available to any user you added in the previous
+ screen. Options are <code class="literal">Bash</code>, <code class="literal">Dash</code>
+ and <code class="literal">Sh</code></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">User ID</span>: Here you can set the user ID for
- the user you are adding in the previous screen. This is a number.
- Leave it blank unless you know what you are doing.
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>User ID</em></span>: 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.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="guilabel">Group ID</span>: This lets you set the group ID.
- Also a number, usually the same one as for the user. Leave it blank
- unless you know what you are doing.
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Group ID</em></span>: This lets you set the group ID.
+ Again, if unsure, leave it blank.
</p>
</li>
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