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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/usermgmt.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/usermgmt.hlp index df2bbd0..c46c69f 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/usermgmt.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/usermgmt.hlp @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ additional password etc. Except for the "wheel" case mentioned below, the additional group membership list should normally not contain the login group again. +The user's password can also be set here, and should be chosen with +care - 6 or more characters, intermixing punctuation and numerics, and +*not* a word from the dictionary or related to the username is a good +password choice. + Some of the system's groups have a special meaning. In particular, members of group "wheel" are the only people who are later allowed to become superuser using the command su(1). So if you're going to add a @@ -82,15 +87,3 @@ Finally, the shell is the user's initial command interpreter. The default shell is /bin/sh, some users prefer the more historic /bin/csh. Other, often more user-friendly and comfortable shells can be found in the ports and packages collection. - - -Passwords -========= - -Note that new users will be established with no allowable password, so -they cannot login immediately. Instead, someone with superuser -privileges has to run the command ``passwd <user>'' (where <user> is -to be replaced with the actual login name for this user) on behalf of -the new user, so (s)he can enter his/her password. Since the password -won't be echoed on the screen, it must be entered twice. This should -never be done across a network, to prevent password-sniffing. |
