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Chapter 4-
Configuring System Settings
4. Click on the Login Options button near the bottom left side of the panel
(Figure 16) to display general settings affecting all accounts.
Figure 16: Account Login Options
5. Select Name and password as the setting for Display Login Window
as:. This causes the machine to require both a user name and a password to
be entered for login. If the List of users option is set, the system will
provide a list of all valid user accounts. Such information should never be
automatically displayed.
6. Uncheck the box for Automatically log in as: if it is checked. If this box is
checked, no login is required for the machine; the user selected in this option
is always automatically logged in. A user should always be required to
authenticate to gain access to the system.
7. Place a check in the Hide the Sleep, Restart, and Shut Down buttons
checkbox to prevent a user from attempting to reboot the machine into single
user mode without first logging into a valid account. This will not prevent a
user from pulling the power cable to abruptly shut down the computer, unless
the power cable is inaccessible to the user. Further protection for this
problem will be discussed later in this chapter.
8. Uncheck the box for Enable fast user switching to disable it.
Immediately after installation, the system automatically logs into the initial
administrator’s account. The password for that account has been stored in