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	To add a new user, click on the ''Add User'' button. The ''Create New User'' dialog will subsequently appear ready to be filled in with data relating to the new user, such as username, real name, password and contact information:		To add a new user, click on the ''Add User'' button. The ''Create New User'' dialog will subsequently appear ready to be filled in with data relating to the new user, such as username, real name, password and contact information:
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 During the installation of Fedora Linux, the installer prompted for information to create a single user account for the system. The fact that Linux is free tends to make us forget that it is actually an enterprise class, multi-user and multi-tasking operating system. In order to use the full power of Fedora Linux, therefore, it is likely that more than one user will need to be given access to the system. Each user should have their own user account login, password, home directory and privileges.
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-During the installation of Fedora Linux, the installer prompted for information to create a single user account for the system. The fact that Linux is free, tends to make us forget that it is actually an enterprise class, multi-user and multi-tasking operating system. In order to use the full power of Fedora Linux, therefore, it is likely that more than one user will need to be given access to the system. Each user should have their own user account login, password, home directory and privileges.
+During the installation of Fedora Linux, the installer prompted for information to create a single user account for the system. The fact that Linux is free tends to make us forget that it is actually an enterprise class, multi-user and multi-tasking operating system. In order to use the full power of Fedora Linux, therefore, it is likely that more than one user will need to be given access to the system. Each user should have their own user account login, password, home directory and privileges.
 Users are further divided into groups for the purposes of easier administration and those groups can have different levels of privileges. For example, you may have a group of users who work in the Accounting department. In such an environment you may wish to create an ''accounts'' group and assign all the Accounting department users to that group.
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 There are two methods for adding new users to a system, one way is using the graphical ''User Manager'' tool and the other is to use the ''useradd'' command-line tool. In this section we will look at both approaches.
-To add a new user to your Fedora Linux system using the ''User Management'' tool select the ''System'' desktop menu and choose ''Users and Groups'' from the ''Administration'' sub-menu. A dialog similar to the one shown below will appear:
+To add a new user to your Fedora Linux system using the ''User Management'' tool, select the ''System'' desktop menu and choose ''Users and Groups'' from the ''Administration'' sub-menu. A dialog similar to the one shown below will appear:
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 An existing user may be deleted using the same User Manager dialog used to add a user as outlined above. Select the System desktop menu and choose Users and Groups from the Administration sub-menu to launch the User Manager dialog.
-Select the user to be deleted and click on ''Delete''. A confirmation dialog will appear providing the option to delete the user's home directory and temporary files. If you wish to proceed click on ''Delete''.
+Select the user to be deleted and click on ''Delete''. A confirmation dialog will appear providing the option to delete the user's home directory and temporary files. If you wish to proceed, click on ''Delete''.
 A user account may also be deleted from command-line using the ''userdel'' utility:

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 == Modifying a Fedora Linux Group ==
-To modify a Fedora Linux group select the group to modify from the list of groups in the ''User Manager'' dialog (as outlined above) and click on ''Properties''. The resulting ''Group properties'' dialog (shown below) allows basic settings such as the group name and group members to be changed.
+To modify a Fedora Linux group select the group to modify from the list of groups in the ''User Manager'' (as outlined above) and click on ''Properties''. The resulting ''Group properties'' dialog (shown below) allows basic settings such as the group name and group members to be changed.
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-To add an existing user to an existing group:
+To add an existing user to an existing group from the command-line:
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	Click on ''OK'' to add the user as a member of the new group.		Click on ''OK'' to add the user as a member of the new group.
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		+	To add a group from the command line, use the ''groupadd'' utility. For example:
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	== Modifying a Fedora Linux Group ==		== Modifying a Fedora Linux Group ==