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Figure 3–14 Creating a User Account
You can also choose New to add a new user. Enter the user’s information and use the Add button to
add the user to the account list.
You can also
Edit or Delete the user accounts you have created and no longer want.
3.17 Authentication Configuration
If you are performing a workstation or server installation, please skip ahead to Section 3.18, Package
Group Selection.
You may skip this section if you will not be setting up network passwords. If you do not know whether
you should do this, please ask your system administrator for assistance.
Unless you are setting up
NIS authentication, you will notice that only MD5 and
shadow passwords
are selected (see Figure 3–15, Authentication Configuration). We recommend you use both to make
your machine as secure as possible.
To configure the NIS option, you must be connected to an NIS network. If you are not sure whether
you are connected to an NIS network, please ask your system administrator.
