User And Group Configuration; Adding A New User - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 System Administration Manual

User and Group Configuration
The User Manager allows you to view, modify, add, and delete local users and groups.
To use the User Manager, you must be running the X Window System, have root privileges, and have
the
redhat-config-users
go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => System Settings => Users & Groups. Or, type
the command
redhat-config-users
terminal).
Figure 35-1. User Manager
To view a list of local users on the system, click the Users tab. To view a list of local groups on the
system, click the Groups tab.
To find a specific user or group, type the first few letters of the name in the Search filter field. Press
[Enter] or click the Apply filter button. The filtered list is displayed.
To sort the users or groups, click on the column name. The users or groups are sorted by the value of
that column.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux reserves user IDs below 500 for system users. By default, User Manager
does not display system users. To view all users, including the system users, uncheck Preferences =>
Filter system users and groups from the pulldown menu.

35.1. Adding a New User

To add a new user, click the Add User button. A window as shown in Figure 35-2 appears. Type the
username and full name for the new user in the appropriate fields. Type the user's password in the
Password and Confirm Password fields. The password must be at least six characters.
Tip
The longer the user's password, the more difficult it is for someone else to guess it and log in to
the user's account without permission. It is also recommended that the password not be based on a
dictionary term and that the password be a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters.
RPM package installed. To start the User Manager from the desktop,
at a shell prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a GNOME
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