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<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage" group="#first"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="user-addguest"/>
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<desc>Add new users so that other people can log in to the computer.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.1" date="2012-03-24" status="incomplete"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-24" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Projecte de documentació del GNOME</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<cite date="2012-02-19">shaunm</cite>
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<p>The dialog to enable an account now has <gui>Enable account</gui> in the
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<gui>Action</gui> drop-down, along with the password-setting options. It's
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not clear to me what this does. The other options all enable the account,
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and in a very specific way.</p>
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<cite date="2012-03-24">shaunm</cite>
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<p>Let's add a "Disable account" page. Click the account, click the dots
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next to "Password", select "Disable this account" from "Type".</p>
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<cite date="2012-03-24">shaunm</cite>
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<p>Much of the password dialog simply does not work:</p>
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<item><p><gui>Choose a password at next login</gui> does nothing</p></item>
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<item><p><gui>Log in without a password</gui> does nothing</p></item>
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<item><p><gui>Enable this account</gui> does nothing (and it's not even
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clear to me what it should do):
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<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655914">665914</link></p></item>
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<item><p><gui>Hint</gui> does nothing:
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<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647912">647912</link>,
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<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643445">643445</link></p></item>
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<p>You can add multiple user accounts to your computer. Give one account
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home folder, documents, and settings.</p>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar, then click the picture next to your
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name to open the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type your
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password to make changes. You must be an administrative user to add user
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<item><p>Feu clic al vostre nom a la barra superior i seleccioneu <gui>Paràmetres de l'ordinador</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>User Accounts</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrator privileges</link>
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to add user accounts. Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type
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your password or the administrator password, as prompted.</p></item>
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<item><p>In the list of accounts on the left, click the <gui>+</gui> button
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to add a new user account.</p></item>
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<item><p>If you want the new user to have administrative access to the computer,
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select <gui>Administrator</gui> for the account type in the dropdown menu.
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Administrators can do things like add and delete users, install software and
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drivers, and change the date and time.</p></item>
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<item><p>If you want the new user to have
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<link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative access</link> to the computer,
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select <gui>Administrator</gui> for the account type. Administrators can do things
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like add and delete users, install software and drivers, and change the date and
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<item><p>Enter the new user's full name. The username will be filled in
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automatically based on the full name. The default is probably OK, but you can
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change it if you like.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Create</gui> when you're done.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Create</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>The account is initially disabled until you choose what to do about
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the user's password. Under <gui>Login Options</gui> click <gui>Account
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disabled</gui> next to <gui>Password</gui>. Use the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down
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list to set the password now, allow the user to log in without a password, or
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have the user set their password the first time they log in.</p>
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<p>If you choose <gui>Set a password now</gui>, have the user type their
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the user's password. Under <gui>Login Options</gui> click <gui>Account
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disabled</gui> next to <gui>Password</gui>. Select <gui>Set a password now</gui>
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from the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down list, and have the user type their
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password in the <gui>New password</gui> and <gui>Confirm password</gui> fields.
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See <link xref="user-goodpassword"/>.</p>
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<p>You can also click the button next to the
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<item><p>Click <gui>Change</gui>.</p></item>
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<note><p>Back in the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window you can click the image next
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<note><p>In the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window you can click the image next
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to the user's name on the right to set an image for the account. This image will
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be shown in the login window. GNOME provides some stock photos you can use, or
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you can select your own or take a picture with your webcam.</p>