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      <div class="section" title="User Management">
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                  <h2 class="title"><a name="addUser"></a>User Management
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="root-password"></a>Set Administrator (root)
                              Password:
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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. You need to repeat the same
                   password in the box underneath, to check that the first entry was not
                   mistyped.
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                        <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.
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="enterUser"></a>Enter a user
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            <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.
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                     <p><span class="bold"><strong>Icon</strong></span></p>
                     
                             
                     <p>Click on this button if you want to change the user's
                                icon
                     </p>
                           
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                     <p><span class="bold"><strong>Real Name</strong></span></p>
                     
                             
                     <p>Insert the user's real name into this text box</p>
                           
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                     <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>
                     
                             
                           
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                     <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password</strong></span></p>
                     
                             
                     <p>Type in the user password (remembering the advice in the Note
                                above).
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                     <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password (again):</strong></span> Retype the
                                user password. DrakX will check that you have not mistyped the
                                password.
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                        <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>.
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                        <p>The access permissions can also be changed after the
                                 install.
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="addUserAdvanced"></a>User Management (advanced)
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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.
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                     <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>
                           
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                     <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.
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                     <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Group ID</em></span>: This lets you set the group ID.
                                Again, if unsure, leave it blank.
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