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Password:</h3></div></div></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><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"/></td><th align="left"><a id="givePassword"><!----></a></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><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></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="section" title="15.2. Enter a user"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="enterUser"><!----></a>15.2. Enter a user</h3></div></div></div><p>Add a user here. A user has fewer rights than the superuser (root),
but enough to surf the internet, use office applications or play games and
anything else the average user does with his computer</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="guibutton">Icon</span>: if you click on this button it will
change the users icon.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="guilabel">Real Name</span>: Insert the users 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 users real name. <span class="emphasis"><em>The
login name is case sensitive.</em></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></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></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="15.3. Advanced User Management"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="addUserAdvanced"><!----></a>15.3. Advanced User Management</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. 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="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Warning]" src="./warning.png"/></td><th align="left"/></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><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" type="disc"><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></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></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
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