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The Password Info tab lets you set password expiration settings for the selected
user account.
The Groups tab lets you assign security group membership to the selected user
account.
To remove a user, from the main User Manager window, select the user account to
be deleted, and then click the Delete button in the toolbar.
Changing Root's Password
As mentioned in the previous chapters, the root user is a special user who has a lot
of power on the system. Obviously, an account with this much power needs to be
protected with a good password. If you think that someone might have gotten the root
password, or that someone who had the root password should no longer have it (for
example, a former employee), you should immediately change it.
To change the root password on a system, from the System menu, choose
Administration, then Root Password. After being prompted for the current root
password, you see the dialog box shown in Figure 21-4. Enter the new password
to use for the root account in the two fields provided. The program will not let you
change the root password if both entries do not match exactly. (Remember that Fedora
Linux, like all UNIX operating systems, uses case-sensitive passwords.) Click OK to
complete the change.
Figure 21-3.
Setting user properties
Summary :
327 Chapter 21: Introduction to Linux Systems Administration The Password Info tab lets you set password expiration settings for the selected user account. To change the root password on a system, from the System menu, choose Administration, then Root Password.
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