User Management

If you wish to create/delete/modify user profiles of your computer, User Management is where you find all these tools. You can start the program by clicking on Users Profiles in Control Panel, or by typing in userconfig as root. This is a Zenwalk-specific tool to facilitate control over the user registrations on your Zenwalk system, including the defined groups, etc.

In a non graphic console the ncurses interface will start:

Some words about each menu item

List users

lists all users on your system.

New User

creates a new user

Delete users

presents you with a list of users on your system. Highlight one and press OK to delete that user. Press BACK to return to the main menu.

Change password

presents you with a list of users on your system. Highlight one and press OK to change password for that user. Press BACK to return to the main menu.

List groups

lists all groups defined on your system.

Modify group

shows a list of groups on your system. Selecting OK will allow you to modify the name for the highlighted group. Selecting BACK will send you back to the main menu.

New group

allows you to create a new group on your system. This is suitable for example if you want to install the ClamAV antivirus programme. This programme must be given a special group name, which users are then allowed to access (if you will allow them to run ClamAV). You are prompted for the group name.

Delete groups

shows a list of groups on your system. Selecting OK will delete the highlighted group. Selecting BACK will send you back to the main menu.

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