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authorPapoteur <papoteur@mageia.org>2021-01-03 16:14:31 +0100
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<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
<link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
<link rel="prev" href="choosePackagesTree.html" title="Choose Individual Packages">
- <link rel="next" href="configureX_chooser.html" title="Graphic Card and Monitor Configuration"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css">
+ <link rel="next" href="configureX_chooser.html" title="Graphics Card and Monitor Configuration"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css">
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body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px }
table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px }
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</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" title="Set Administrator (root) Password:">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -41,15 +52,15 @@
</div>
</div>
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<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.
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>root </em></span>password in Linux. 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;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
@@ -60,6 +71,12 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
+ <p>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.
+ </p>
+
+
<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.
@@ -71,6 +88,7 @@
</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" title="Enter a user">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -82,18 +100,21 @@
</div>
</div>
+
<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="bold"><strong>Icon</strong></span></p>
+
<p>Click on this button if you want to change the user's
icon
@@ -103,6 +124,7 @@
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Real Name</strong></span></p>
+
<p>Insert the user's real name into this text box</p>
@@ -110,20 +132,24 @@
<li class="listitem">
<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="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>Type in the user password (remembering the advice in the Note
+ above).
</p>
+
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Password (again):</strong></span> Retype the
user password. DrakX will check that you have not mistyped the
@@ -133,6 +159,7 @@
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
@@ -146,11 +173,13 @@
<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 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>
+
<p>The access permissions can also be changed after the
install.
@@ -162,6 +191,7 @@
</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" title="User Management (advanced)">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -173,10 +203,12 @@
</div>
</div>
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<p>The <span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span> option allows you to edit further
settings for the user you are adding.
</p>
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<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">