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90 Chapter 6 Managing Users
4 If you don’t want to use the generated short name, enter a dierent short name.
After the account is created, you can’t change this short name.
The short name typically is eight or fewer characters, but can be up to 255 Roman
characters. Use only the characters a through z, A through Z, 0 through 9, . (period),
_ (underscore), or - (hyphen).
Note: If a user already has a short name on a Mac, try to use the same short name
for the user’s account on the server. Having the same short name facilitates the user’s
access to services.
5 Enter the user’s password in the Password and Verify elds.
You can use Password Assistant to help you choose a password. Click the Key button at
the right of the Password eld to see how secure the password is. The user can change
this password in the Accounts pane of System Preferences on the user’s computer.
6 Select “Allow user to administer this computer” if this user account needs to create
other user accounts, create groups, install software on the server, or change server
settings.