User and Superuser Management

Set Administrator (root) Password:

It is advisable for all Mageia installations to set a superuser or administrator's password, usually called the root password 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.

Note

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.

Enter a user

Add a user here. A user has fewer rights than the superuser (root), but enough to use the internet, office applications or play games and anything else the average user does with his computer

  • Icon: if you click on this button it will change the user's icon.

  • Real Name: Insert the user's real name into this text box.

  • Login Name: Here you enter the user login name or let drakx use a version of the user's real name. The login name is case sensitive.

  • Password: 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 Note)

  • Password (again): 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.

Note

Any user you add while installing Mageia, will have a both read and write protected home directory (umask=0027).

You can add all extra needed users in the Configuration - Summary step during the install. Choose User management.

The access permissions can also be changed after the install.


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