Create a New User

To create a new system user start by clicking on the Create New User button. This will bring you to this screen:

Here you will enter all basic user information. Below is a brief description of each option:

Username

Enter a unique user name in here. A username can not contain spaces or special characters and can be no more than 16 characters in length. For example:

User name	Valid	Reason
Nick DeClario	No	Contains spaces
nick	Yes	<16 characters and no spaces
Nicholas DeClario	No	>16 characters and spaces

Real name

The users real name. This will be the real name of the user. You can enter in their full name. Using the example above, Nick DeClario would be valid.

Password

Enter in a password for the user. This password will be asked if the user logs into the console or needs to retrieve their e-mail.

Access

Enabling this will allow a user to only access their e-mail via a secure IMAP or POP3 client. This will prevent the user from physically logging into the machine.

Windows Password

Entering a password in this field will grant the user Windows File Sharing access. This password will be used for logging in to shares and domains.

Now we must set up the user in a group. Read the Groups and Users section in Appendix Appendix - Groups and Users for more information on user groups.

Primary Group

You either can create a new group for this user or use an existing group.

Secondary Group

If you want this user to additionally be part of another group you can choose that group here.

We are now ready to create the user. Press the Create button. You will be brought back to the main System Management page indicating the user has been created successfully.

• [NOTE:]When creating a new user that user is automatically given their own private group. For example, user nick will automatically be given group nick. This allows user nick to have private files that no other user but root can access.