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| 10 | <section> |
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| 11 | <title>User Administration</title> |
11 | <title>User Administration</title> |
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| 18 | as much as possible. Therefore it is <e>strongly</e> recommended to add a user |
18 | as much as possible. Therefore it is <e>strongly</e> recommended to add a user |
| 19 | for day-to-day use. |
19 | for day-to-day use. |
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23 | The groups the user is member of define what activities the user can perform. |
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24 | The following table lists a number of important groups you might wish to use: |
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30 | <th>Description</th> |
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33 | <ti>audio</ti> |
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34 | <ti>be able to access the audio devices</ti> |
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35 | </tr> |
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36 | <tr> |
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37 | <ti>cdrom</ti> |
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38 | <ti>be able to access cdrom devices</ti> |
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39 | </tr> |
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41 | <ti>floppy</ti> |
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42 | <ti>be able to access floppy devices</ti> |
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43 | </tr> |
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44 | <tr> |
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45 | <ti>games</ti> |
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46 | <ti>be able to play games</ti> |
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47 | </tr> |
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48 | <tr> |
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49 | <ti>usb</ti> |
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50 | <ti>be able to access USB devices</ti> |
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51 | </tr> |
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53 | <ti>video</ti> |
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54 | <ti> |
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55 | be able to access video capturing hardware and doing hardware |
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56 | acceleration |
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57 | </ti> |
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58 | </tr> |
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60 | <ti>wheel</ti> |
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61 | <ti>be able to use <c>su</c></ti> |
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62 | </tr> |
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| 23 | For instance, to create a user called <c>john</c> who is member of the |
66 | For instance, to create a user called <c>john</c> who is member of the |
| 24 | <c>wheel</c> group (be able to change to root using <c>su</c>), <c>users</c> |
67 | <c>wheel</c>, <c>users</c> and <c>audio</c> groups, log in as root first |
| 25 | group (default for all users) and <c>audio</c> group (be able to use audio |
68 | (only root can create users) and run <c>useradd</c>: |
| 26 | devices), log in as root first (only root can create users): |
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| 27 | </p> |
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| 29 | <pre caption="Adding a user for day-to-day use"> |
71 | <pre caption="Adding a user for day-to-day use"> |
| 30 | Login: <i>root</i> |
72 | Login: <i>root</i> |
| 31 | Password: <comment>(Your root password)</comment> |
73 | Password: <comment>(Your root password)</comment> |
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