Additional Options For User Accounts - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 17-03-2009 Deployment Manual

8 Click Expert Options > Write Changes Now to save all changes without exiting
the User and Group Administration dialog. Or click Finish to close the adminis-
tration dialog and to save the changes. A newly added user can now log in to the
system using the login name and password you created.
TIP: Matching User IDs
For a new (local) user on a laptop which should also integrate in a network
environment where this user already has a user ID, it is useful to match the
(local) user ID to the ID in the network. This ensures that the file ownership of
the files the user creates "offline" is the same as if he created them directly on
the network.
Procedure 9.2 Disabling or Deleting User Accounts
1 Open the YaST User and Group Administration dialog and click the Users tab.
2 To temporarily disable a user account without deleting it, select the user from
the list and click Edit. Activate Disable User Login. The user cannot log in to
your machine until you enable the account again.
3 To delete a user account, select the user from the list and click Delete. Choose
if you also want to delete the user's home directory or if you want to retain the
data.
9.3 Additional Options for User
Accounts
In addition to the settings for a default user account, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop
offers further options, such as options to enforce password policies, to use encrypted
home directories or to define disk quotas for users and groups.
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