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KUser is a tool for managing users and groups on your system

Information

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Features

Add/Edit/Remove users
Add/Edit/Remove groups
Password Management

Setup

KUser usually is not installed by default, so it has to be installed manually. KUser is part of the kdeadmin-package.

Once installed you can find it under Kickoff -> Applications -> System -> KUser (Kickoff -> System -> KUser if you use the classic menu style) , or start it with KRunner (Alt+F2) typing

kuser

.

Using KUser

After starting KUser a window opens containing two tabs: Users and Groups.

Users

Double-clicking a user opens a dialog with several tabs. The amount of tabs is variable, depending on the type of the user storage system and whether quotas are being used.

User Info

Modify the user-properties like User-ID, Name, Address information or set/change a password for example. You can also deactivate an account.

Password Management

Change password settings, like the time after which a password has to be changed, or set a time at which an account will expire.

Groups

Add or remove groups the user belongs to.

Groups

Double clicking a group opens a dialog, where you can change the name of the group and add/remove users to/from a group.

Warning

Be careful deleting anything, as it can harm your system seriously!

Configure KUser

Click Settings -> Configure KUser and you can set up defaults for creating a new user:

General

set the shell, the home path or the UID.
choose if a home folder will be created and if a skeleton (standard configuration files) will be copied to the home folder.
set a private group, which creates a own personal group when a user is added and removes it, when the user is removed.
set a standard password policy.

Files

set default paths for password, group file, password shadow file and group shadow file.

LDAP

set preferences for users in a local network

Tip

In most cases you won't have to change the default settings, as they are sufficient for most users.

More Information

KUser Manual

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 *Add/Edit/Remove users
 *Add/Edit/Remove groups
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-== Setup ==
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-'''Kuser''' usually is not installed by default, so it has to be installed manually. '''KUser''' is part of the '''kdeadmin'''-package.
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-Once installed you can find it under <menuchoice>K-Menu -> System -> KUser</menuchoice>, or start it with '''KRunner''' <keycap>(Alt+F2)</keycap> typing {{Input|1=kuser}}.
+'''KUser''' usually is not installed by default, so it has to be installed manually. '''KUser''' is part of the '''kdeadmin'''-package.
+Once installed you can find it under <menuchoice>Kickoff -> Applications -> System -> KUser</menuchoice> (<menuchoice>Kickoff -> System -> KUser</menuchoice> if you use the classic menu style) , or start it with '''KRunner''' (<keycap>Alt+F2</keycap>) typing {{Input|1=kuser}}.
-== Using KUser ==
+== Using KUser == <!--T:7-->
 After starting '''KUser''' a window opens containing two tabs: <menuchoice>Users</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Groups</menuchoice>.
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 [[Image:kuser_main.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-== Users ==
+== Users == <!--T:9-->
+<!--T:10-->
 Double-clicking a user opens a dialog with several tabs. The amount of tabs is variable, depending on the type of the user storage system and whether quotas are being used.
-==== User Info ====
+==== User Info ==== <!--T:11-->
-* Modify the user-properties like <menuchoice>User-ID</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Name</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Adress information</menuchoice> or set/change a <menuchoice>password</menuchoice> for example. You can also <menuchoice>deactivate an account</menuchoice>.
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+* Modify the user-properties like <menuchoice>User-ID</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Name</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Address information</menuchoice> or set/change a <menuchoice>password</menuchoice> for example. You can also <menuchoice>deactivate an account</menuchoice>.
+<!--T:13-->
 [[Image:kuser_edit_user_userinfo.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-==== Password Management ====
+==== Password Management ==== <!--T:14-->
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 * Change password settings, like the time after which a password has to be changed, or set a time at which an account will expire.
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 [[Image:kuser_edit_user_password.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-==== Groups ====
+==== Groups ==== <!--T:17-->
+<!--T:18-->
 *Add or remove groups the user belongs to.
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 [[Image:kuser_edit_user_groups.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-== Groups ==
+== Groups == <!--T:20-->
+<!--T:21-->
 Double clicking a <menuchoice>group</menuchoice> opens a dialog, where you can <menuchoice>change the name</menuchoice> of the group and <menuchoice>add/remove users</menuchoice> to/from a group.
+<!--T:22-->
 [[Image:kuser_groups_edit.png|thumb|300px|center]]
+<!--T:23-->
 {{warning|'''Be careful deleting anything, as it can harm your system seriously!'''}}
-== Configure KUser ==
+== Configure KUser == <!--T:24-->
 Click <menuchoice>Settings -> Configure KUser</menuchoice> and you can set up defaults for creating a new user:
-=== General ===
+=== General === <!--T:25-->
+<!--T:26-->
 * set the <menuchoice>shell</menuchoice>, the <menuchoice>home path</menuchoice> or the <menuchoice>UID</menuchoice>.
 * choose if a <menuchoice>home folder</menuchoice> will be created and if a <menuchoice>skeleton</menuchoice> (standard configuration files) will be copied to the home folder.
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 [[Image:kuser_settings_general.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-=== Files ===
+=== Files === <!--T:28-->
+<!--T:29-->
 * set default paths for password, group file, password shadow file and group shadow file.
+<!--T:30-->
 [[Image:kuser_settings_files.png|thumb|300px|center]]
-=== LDAP ===
+=== LDAP === <!--T:31-->
+<!--T:32-->
 * set preferences for users in a local network
+<!--T:33-->
 [[Image:kuser_settings_ldap.png|thumb|300px|center]]
+<!--T:34-->
 {{Tip|In most cases you won't have to change the default settings, as they are sufficient for most users.}}
-== More Information ==
+== More Information == <!--T:35-->
-*[http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeadmin/kuser/kuser.pdf KUser Manual] (it is from KDE3 Days, but still valid)
+<!--T:36-->
+*[http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeadmin/kuser/index.html KUser Manual]
+<!--T:37-->
 [[Category:System]]
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