Managing User Accounts - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 17-03-2009 Deployment Manual

path and access permissions for home directories in
Settings for Local Users"
Assigning Users to Groups
Learn how to change the group assignment for individual users in
"Assigning Users to Groups"
Managing Groups
From the Groups tab, you can add, modify or delete existing groups. Refer to
Section 9.6, "Managing Groups"
Changing the User Authentication Method
When your machine is connected to a network providing user authentication
methods like NIS or LDAP, you can choose between several authentication methods
on the Authentication Settings tab. For more information, refer to
"Changing the User Authentication Method"
For user and group management, the dialog provides similar functionality. You can
easily switch between the user and group administration view by choosing the appro-
priate tab at the top of the dialog.
Filter options allow you to define the set of users or groups you want to modify: On
the Users or Group tab, click Set Filter to view and edit users or groups according to
certain categories, such as Local Users or LDAP Users, for instance (if you are part of
a network which uses LDAP). With Set Filter > Customize Filter you can also set up
and use a custom filter.
Depending on the filter you choose, not all of the following options and functions may
be available from the dialog.

9.2 Managing User Accounts

YaST offers to create, modify, delete or temporarily disable user accounts. Do not
modify user accounts unless you are an experienced user or administrator and know
about the implications.
(page 103).
(page 104).
(page 104) for information how to do this.
(page 106).
Section 9.4, "Changing Default
Section 9.5,
Section 9.7,
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