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benett

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Registered: 2012-12-19

Posts: 5

Newbie to SliTaz: 2 questions about user accounts

[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.

gdesilva

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Registered: 2011-04-07

Posts: 419

Re: Newbie to SliTaz: 2 questions about user accounts

@benett,

For Q-1

i. open terminal

ii. [c]su root[/c] (enter current root password when prompted)

iii. [c]passwd root[/c] (enter the new password and confirm it)

Q-2

i. as root edit [c]/etc/slim.conf[/c]

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. [c]/etc/group[/c] file will show you which groups tux belongs to - so adding your new user to the same groups should do the trick.

HMA

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Registered: 2011-08-05

Posts: 73

Re: Newbie to SliTaz: 2 questions about user accounts

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 [c]/etc/slim.conf[/c] from tux to my username

EDIT:

gdesilva was faster

gdesilva

Member

Registered: 2011-04-07

Posts: 419

Re: Newbie to SliTaz: 2 questions about user accounts

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