Lesson3.User Accounts


Lesson 3. User Accounts

Time

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Goals

Create, configure, and manage user accounts in Mac OS X

Understand security issues involved with user accounts and passwords

Troubleshoot user account issues


Mac OS X is a true multiuser operating system, which means that the computer can be used by more than one user, and that every resource, file, and program is associated with a user on the system.

In Mac OS 9, the Multiple Users control panel allowed you to configure the system for more than one user. This feature was added to the operating system to give each user a unique workspace. Microsoft Windows implements multiple user accounts with functionality similar to Mac OS 9. UNIX, on the other hand, was designed to be a multiuser environment because most computers in existence at the time UNIX was developed were large computers that had to be shared by many users.

This lesson introduces you to the three types of user accounts in Mac OS X; how to create and manage user accounts; and your options for increasing account security.




Apple Training Series Mac OS X Support Essentials
Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6: A Guide to Supporting and Troubleshooting Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
ISBN: 0321635345
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 233

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