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# User Management

### Set Administrator (root) Password:

It is advisable for all Mageia installations to set a `superuser` (Administrator) password, usually called the root password in Linux. You need to repeat the same password in the box underneath, to check that the first entry was not mistyped.

### Note

As you type a password into the top box a shield will change from red-to-yellow-to-green depending on the strength of the password. A green shield shows you are using a strong password.

All passwords are case-sensitive. It is best to use a mixture of letters (upper and lower case), numbers and other characters in a password.

### Enter a user

Add a User here. A regular user has fewer privileges than the `superuser` (root), but enough to use the Internet, office applications or play games and anything else the average user might use a computer for.

- Icon

  Click on this button if you want to change the user's icon

- Real Name

  Insert the user's real name into this text box

- Login Name

  Enter the user login name or let DrakX use a version of the user's real name. The login name is case-sensitive.

  ### Caution

  The login entered here should be different to any login currently in use for your `/home` directory. Some user parameters will be written in the user space, and some can overwrite actual data such as Firefox, Thunderbird or Kmail data...

- Password

  Type in the user password (remembering the advice in the Note above).

  Password (again): Retype the user password. DrakX will check that you have not mistyped the password.

### Note

Any users added while installing Mageia, will have a home directory that is both read and write protected (umask=0027)

You can add any extra needed users in the Configuration - Summary step during the install. Choose User management.

The access permissions can also be changed after the install.

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