Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

This window requires some basic information. To the right of New Account is a drop-down
menu prompting for what type of account you are creating. Options include the following:
Administrator: This grants the user the ability to do just about anything they want on the
system.
Standard: This allows the user to work fairly normally on the system, but won’t let them
do any tasks requiring administrator access.
Managed with Parental Controls: This allows the administrator to restrict the user in
various ways using parental controls (covered shortly).
Sharing Only: This only allows access for remote file sharing; these users cannot actually
log in through the login window.
Group: This is a special option that rather than creating a new user will create a group
that existing users can be part of. You can allow access to files, folders, applications, and
other system services based on the groups a user belongs to.
After you select the account type, just enter the
name of the account, the short name, the password
(twice), and a password hint if you’d like. If you are
having trouble coming up with a password, you can
access a random password generator (Figure 4-41)
by clicking the key icon.
NOTE The short name, once selected, cannot be
changed. For all practical purposes, the short
name is your actual user name for the system, and
the name is just a familiar alias to it.
If you set up multiple users, a Guest account
will automatically be added to your user list. The
Guest account is a limited account with its own
options (Figure 4-42).
Figure 4-42. Guest account options
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Figure 4-41. Password Assistant will help
you create a reasonably strong password
for new accounts.