Getting started

Users Administration Tool Manual

You can start Users Administration Tool in the following ways:

System menu: Choose Administration ▸ Users and groups.
Command line: Execute the following command: users-admin

When you start Users Administration Tool, you will be prompted for the administrator password, this is necessary because the changes done with this tool will affect the whole system.

After entering the administrator password, the following window is displayed.

Figure 1 Users Administration Tool main window

The Users Administration Tool main window contains the following elements:

Users list: Shows the available users. depending on the gconf key "/apps/gnome-system-tools/users/showall" it will show the system users too.
User manipulation buttons: Allows to add or delete users or modify user settings.
Manage groups button: Shows a similar dialog to modify group settings.

Figure 2 Users Administration Tool groups editor