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Newbie to SliTaz: 2 questions about user accounts

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• Started 12 years ago by benett
• Latest reply from gdesilva
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   benett
   

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   [Note to admin: If you prefer me to make separate threads I will]

   1. How do you change the root password? Having it as what is by default seems fairly insecure to me. I'd like to change it, preferably to something nice and long.

   2. I've created a non-root user that I'd like to use in place of 'tux'. How do I make this new account the default user that logs in when the system starts? And how can I make sure that they have all the correct permissions etc. From my experience with permissions in the past, the default user is often given custom permissions, somewhere between user and admin.

   Help much appreciated.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   @benett,

   For Q-1

   i. open terminal
   ii. su root (enter current root password when prompted)
   iii. passwd root (enter the new password and confirm it)

   Q-2

   i. as root edit /etc/slim.conf
   ii. change 'default user' to the user name you have created.
   iii. with regards to having permissions, you can use 'addgroup' command to add the new user name to various groups you want access to. /etc/group file will show you which groups tux belongs to - so adding your new user to the same groups should do the trick.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   HMA
   

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   hi benett

   1.
   Open terminal
   if you not root: su passwort:root
   type passwd you will be ask for a new password.

   2.
   i change the "default_user" in /etc/slim.conf from tux to my username

   EDIT:
   gdesilva was faster :)

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   @HMA, got to type faster otherwise no chance... ;)

   Posted 12 years ago #

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