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Networking: A Beginner's Guide
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As discussed in Chapter 11, picking a good password means not using a dictionary word
(including foreign language words). One technique is to take the first letter of each word in a phrase.
For example, "Snacking on Oatmeal Squares is good for you" translates into SoOSigfy. The phrase
is easy to remember, and the resulting password is cryptic. Another strategy is to take a word of
six letters or more and substitute two or more letters with numbers. For example, the password
le11ers (with ones in the middle instead of the letter l ) is not a bad password. But be warned that
sophisticated password-cracking programs often will try these sorts of number substitutions within
dictionary words.
Once the account is created, you can double-click it in the list of user accounts in
order to set some additional properties for the account through the User Properties
dialog box, as shown in Figure 21-3:
The User Data tab lets you change the user's name, password, home directory,
and login shell.
The Account Info tab lets you set an account expiration date for the user, if
you desire, and also to lock the user account if that becomes necessary for any
reason.
Figure 21-2.
Creating a new user
Summary :
Once the account is created, you can double-click it in the list of user accounts in order to set some additional properties for the account through the User Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 21-3: The User Data tab lets you change the user's name, password, home directory, and login shell.
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