Apache web server tutorial - Chapter 7Configuring LinuxIn This Chapter Creating user accounts
Chapter 7Configuring LinuxIn This Chapter Creating user accounts Setting up your printing Finding cool configuration toolsThe doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clientto plant vines. Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 1959) Unlike both the architect and the doctor, the computer user isn t stuckwith configuration mistakes. You can tweak and change things untilyou re happy with them! Because the first thing a lot of people like to do witha new system is get it set up just right, I thought I d spend this chapter shar- ing some of the core bits of knowledge that can help you do just this. Youstart by finding out more about user accounts and why I am so insistent thatyou create a special one for your own personal use in Chapter 3. Then, youfind out how to set up your machine to talk to your printer. I also show youwhere the cool configuration tools are for your distribution so that you canget down to some serious customization. Accounts Great and SmallLinux is a multiuseroperating system. It allows everyone to have a uniqueaccount and allows more than one user to log on at the same time. Typically, even if you re the only user on a system, you need an account of your ownthat isn t the root user s. (I explain why in the next section). In addition, having multiple accounts is especially fun for experimenting with differentuser setups. That way, you can create a main account to be more careful withand a goofing around account to completely mess around with.