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Managing users

Managing users

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Managing users

- [Instructor] I'm here in the Users area of the System Settings under the Details folder, and I can see some information about the user account that I'm using. Or I could change my display name. I have the opportunity here to change my password. If I want to, I'd need to type my current password and then type the new password twice. There's also a handy password assistant If I wanted to, I could turn on automatic login, which means that when my system starts up, it wouldn't prompt me to log in. To change that, I would need to use the Unlock control up here in the top right. And it shows me my last login time. I can click and see a history of all the times that I've logged in as well. I can add a new user to the system from this screen as well. (keyboard keys clicking) I can choose whether a new account and I can enter a name. The full name, or display name, is what'll show up on the login screen, to create the home folder on the file system. I can choose to allow the user to set a…

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