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<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.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title"><a id="givePassword"><!----></a>Note</h3><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.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Enter a user"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="enterUser"><!----></a>Enter a user</h3></div></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" type="disc"><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
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case-sensitive.</strong></span></p><div class="caution" title="Caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3><p>The login entered here should be different to any login
currently in use for your <code class="filename">/home</code> directory. Some
user parameters will be written in the user space, and some can
overwrite actual data such as Firefox, Thunderbird or Kmail
data...</p></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Password</strong></span></p><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
password.</p></li></ul></div><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><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
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