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diff --git a/bsdconfig/usermgmt/include/usermgmt.hlp b/bsdconfig/usermgmt/include/usermgmt.hlp deleted file mode 100644 index 77be9bdeb5c6..000000000000 --- a/bsdconfig/usermgmt/include/usermgmt.hlp +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -These screens allow you to add groups and users to your system. - -Many of the settings get reasonable defaults if you leave them blank. -The first time you have entered the name of the new group or user, the -system will show you what it would chose for most of these fields. -You are free to change them, of course. - - -User groups -=========== - -It's certainly almost generally a good idea to first create a new -group for your users. Common names for such a group are "users", or -even simply "other". Group names are used to control file access -permissions for users that belong to the same group. Several group -names are already used for system files. - -The numerical user or group IDs are often nothing you want to care for -explicitly. If you don't fill in these fields, the system will choose -reasonable defaults. However, these numbers (rather than the -associated names) are what the operating system actually uses to -distinguish users and groups -- hence they should normally be unique -to each person or group, respectively. - - -Users -===== - -The user's login ID is a short (up to 15 characters) alphanumeric ID -that the user must enter when logging into the system. It's often the -initial letters of the user's name, and commonly used in lower case. -It's also the local mail name for this user (though it's possible to -also set up more descriptive mail alias names later). - -The user's login group determines which group access rights the user -will initially get when logging in. If an additional list of groups is -provided which the user will become a member of, (s)he will also be -able to access files of those groups later without providing any -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 -new user who should later perform administrative tasks, don't forget -to add him to this group! (Well, ``he'' will most likely be yourself -in the very first place. :) - -Also, members of group "operator" will by default get permissions for -minor administrative operations, like performing system backups, or -shutting down the system -- without first becoming superuser! So, -take care when adding people to this group. - -The ``full name'' field serves as a comment only. It is also used by -mail front ends to determine the real name of the user, hence you -should actually fill in the first and last name of this user. By -convention, this field can be divided into comma-separated subfields, -where the office location, the work phone number, and the home phone -number follow the full name of the user. - -The home directory is the directory in the filesystem where the user -is being logged into, and where his personalized setup files (``dot -files'', since they usually begin with a `.' and are not displayed by -the ls(1) command by default) will be looked up. It is often created -under /usr/home/ or /home/. - -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. |