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Installation with YaST
1.8.8 Creating Local User Accounts
If you decide against a name server for user authentication, create local
users. Any data related to user accounts (name, login, password, etc.) are
stored and managed on the installed system.
Linux is an operating system that allows several users to work on the same
system at the same time. Each user needs a user account to log in to the sys-
tem. By having user accounts, the system gains a lot in terms of security.
For instance, regular users cannot change or delete files needed for the sys-
tem to work properly. At the same time, the personal data of a given user
cannot be modified, viewed, or tampered with by other users. Each user
can set up his own working environment and always find it unchanged
when logging back in.
Figure 1.22: Entering the User Name and Password
A user account can be created using the dialog shown in Figure 1.22. After
entering the first name and last name, specify the user name (login). Click
‘Suggestion’ for the system to generate a user name automatically.
Finally, enter a password for the user. Reenter it for confirmation (to ensure
that you did not type something else by mistake).
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