Setup and Administration Guide

Chapter 4 Adding Users and Groups 51
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Creating Users
Creating local users in the Accounts pane requires you to enter the user name and
password and make a few basic choices about that user.
To create a local user account:
1 Click the Add ( + ) button.
2 Choose the type of account to create from the New Account pop-up menu in the
dialog that appears.
 Administrator: An administrator can create and delete accounts, install software,
change system settings, and change the settings of other users.
 Standard: A regular user account. A standard user can only install software for the
user account, can’t make changes to locked System Preferences, and can’t create
accounts.
 Managed with Parental Controls: An account with limited privileges that are managed
by Parental Controls.
 Sharing Only: Can only access files in a specified location. Cannot change files on the
computer or log in at the login window.
 Group: An account that consists of selected users. See “
Creating Groups and Setting
Their Membership,” next, for more information about this option.
In most cases you will create Standard accounts.