Administrating Edubuntu and the LTSP system

Adding new users

When administrating any system the times comes when new users need to be added to the system. Edubuntu offers a great utility for adding new users to the system. Click the System button and then goto Administration, followed by Users and Groups, as shown in the screenshot below.

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You will then be presented with the Users and Group utility as depicted below. This tool handles the aaddition, modification and deletion of users and groups. You use this utility to assign users as administrators for example. To add a new user, click on the add button on the right hand side.

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You will then see the user modification panel appear as shown below. The controls on this dialog are the same as they would be if you were going to edit a user. For now we only need to fill in the basic information, so add a username, and a full name, and then type the password in the boxes provided. You need to type it twice for verification purposes.

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Clicking on the advanced tab, allows you to set which group this user will belong to. Placing the user in the admin group will give them administrator access rights. From here you can also modify the users home directory and edit their user profile.

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Clicking on the User Privilages tab opens up access to specific privilages. You may for example not want a user accessing tape drives, or the scanner hardware. This can all be done from this panel, as seen below.

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Once you are happy with your users setup, click the OK button, and then click the OK button on the Users and Groups window. If you do not do this, your new users settings will be lost and they will be unable to login.

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