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24 Start-Up
Figure 1.5 Entering the Username and Password
A local user account can be created using the dialog shown in Figure 1.5, “Entering the
Username and Password” (page 24). After entering the first name and last name,
specify a username (login). Click Suggestion for the system to generate a username
automatically.
Finally, enter a password for the user. Reenter it for confirmation (to ensure that you
did not type something else by mistake). The username tells the system who a user is
and the password is used to verify this identity.
WARNING: Username and Password
Remember both your username and the password because they are needed
each time you log in to the system.
To provide effective security, a password should be between five and eight characters
long. The maximum length for a password is 128 characters. However, if no special
security modules are loaded, only the first eight characters are used to discern the
password. Passwords are case-sensitive. Special characters like umlauts are not allowed.
Other special characters (7-bit ASCII) and the digits 0 to 9 are allowed.