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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="user-add">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage"/>
<desc>Add new user or group so that other people can log in to the computer.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-1-20" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Add a new user account</title>
<steps>
<item><p>
When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>. This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Click on <gui>Add</gui>. You will be prompted for your password.
</p></item>
<item><p>
In the <gui>Create a new user</gui> dialog, enter the new user's <gui>Name</gui>, and choose a <gui>Username</gui>. Some options for usernames are offered in the <gui>Username</gui> dropdown menu.
</p><note><p>Usernames must consist of a combination of any of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>lower case letters from the English alphabet</p></item>
<item><p>digits</p></item>
<item><p>any of ".", "-" and "_"</p></item>
</list>
</note>
</item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Ok</gui>.</p></item>
<item><p>Set the <link xref="user-goodpassword">New password</link> and <gui>Confirmation</gui> of password. Passwords have to be a minimum of 5 characters in length. Make sure the password confirmation matches the <gui>New password</gui>. You have the option to <gui>Generate random password</gui>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Click <gui>Ok</gui>. The new user has been added to your computer.
</p></item>
</steps>
<note style= "tip">
<p>
This method will also allow you to create a guest account, allowing you to let someone else use your computer without giving them access to any of your files. Eventually, you may want to <link xref="user-delete">delete</link> a guest account.
</p>
<!--Could conceivably do this by putting the guest user's home directory in /tmp:
<p>Guests can save files, but those files will be deleted when they log out. Everything about a guest account is temporary.</p>
-->
</note>
<section>
<title>Add A Group</title>
<steps>
<item><p>
When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>. This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Click on <gui>Manage Groups</gui>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Click <gui>Add</gui>. You will be prompted for your password to <gui>Authenticate</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Ok</gui>.</p></item>
<item><p> Click <gui>Add</gui>.
</p></item>
<item><p> Enter <gui>Group Name</gui>.
</p>
<note>
<p>A valid group name consisting of a lower case letter followed by lower case letters and numbers.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item><p> Click <gui>Ok</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item><p>
<link xref="user-modify#add-user-to-group">Add users to the group</link>.
</p></item>
</steps>
</section>
<comment>
<cite date="2010-10-31" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
<p>Explain how to add a new user account. Describe a basic method, then go into detail about more advanced options in later sections (e.g. choice between administrative user or normal, ways of setting the password etc.).</p>
</comment>
</page>
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