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<info>
<title xml:id="addUser-ti1">User and Superuser Management</title>
</info>
<mediaobject>
<!-- Lebarhon: 20170210 updated for Mageia 6 (umask)-->
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fileref="dx2-setRootPassword.png" align="center" revision="1"
xml:id="setRootPassword-im1"/> </imageobject> <imageobject> <imagedata
format="PNG" fileref="live-user1.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
<section xml:id="root-password">
<info>
<title xml:id="root-password-ti2">Set Administrator (root) Password:</title>
</info>
<para>It is advisable for all <application>Mageia</application> installations to
set a <emphasis role="bold">superuser</emphasis> (administrator) password,
usually called the <emphasis>root password</emphasis> 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.</para>
<note xml:id="givePassword">
<para>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.</para>
</note>
</section>
<section xml:id="enterUser">
<info>
<title xml:id="enterUser-ti3">Enter a user</title>
</info>
<para>Add a user here. A regular user has fewer privileges than the <emphasis
role="bold">superuser</emphasis> (root), but enough to use the internet,
office applications or play games and anything else the average user might
use their computer for.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Icon</guibutton>: if you click on this button it will change the
user's icon.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Real Name</guilabel>: Insert the user's real name into this text
box.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Login Name</guilabel>: Enter the user login name or let DrakX use
a version of the user's real name. <emphasis role="bold">The login name is
case sensitive.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Password</guilabel>: 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 <xref linkend="givePassword"/>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Password (again)</guilabel>: Retype the user password DrakX will
check that you have not mistyped the password.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>Any users you added while installing Mageia, will have a home directory that
is both read and write protected (umask=0027).</para>
<para>You can add any extra needed users in the <emphasis>Configuration -
Summary</emphasis> step during the install. Choose <emphasis>User
management</emphasis>.</para>
<para>The access permissions can also be changed after the install.</para>
</note>
</section>
<section xml:id="addUserAdvanced" condition="classical">
<info>
<title xml:id="addUserAdvanced-ti3">Advanced User Management</title>
</info>
<para>The <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> option allows you to edit further
settings for the user you are adding.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Shell</guilabel>: This drop-down list allows you to change the
shell available to any user you added in the previous screen. Options are
<emphasis role="bold">Bash</emphasis>, <emphasis role="bold">Dash</emphasis>
and <emphasis role="bold">Sh</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>User ID</guilabel>: Here you can set the <emphasis
role="bold">user ID</emphasis> for any user you added in the previous
screen. If you are unsure what the purpose of this is, then leave it blank.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Group ID</guilabel>: This lets you set the <emphasis
role="bold">group ID</emphasis>. Again, if unsure, leave it blank.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
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