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Automatic Login
This option automatically logs the current user in to the system when it starts. This
is mainly useful if the computer is operated by only one user.
WARNING: Automatic Login
With the automatic login enabled, the system boots straight into your desktop
with no authentication at all. If you store sensitive data on your system, you
should not enable this option if the computer can also be accessed by others.
3.8.1 Expert Settings
Click Change in the Create User dialog to set up network authentication or, if present,
import users from a previous installation. Also change the password encryption type
in this dialog.
You can also add additional user accounts or change the user authentication method in
the installed system. For detailed information about user management, see
Managing Users with YaST
The default authentication method is Local (/etc/passwd). If a former version of SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop or another system using /etc/passwd is detected, you
may import local users. To do so, check Read User Data from a Previous Installation
and click Choose. In the next dialog, select the users to import and finish with OK.
Access to the following network authentication services can be configured:
LDAP
Users are administered centrally on an LDAP server for all systems in the network.
More information is available in Section "Configuring an LDAP Client with YaST"
(Chapter 4, LDAP—A Directory Service, ↑Security Guide).
NIS
Users are administered centrally on a NIS server for all systems in the network.
See Section "Configuring NIS Clients" (Chapter 3, Using NIS, ↑Security Guide)
for more information.
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