Chapter 1. Introduction

The User Manager allows you to view, modify, add, and delete local users and groups.

To use the User Manager, you must be running the X Window System, have root privileges, and have the system-config-users RPM package installed. To start the User Manager from the desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => System Settings => Users & Groups. Or, type the command system-config-users at a shell prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a GNOME terminal).

To view a list of all local users on the system, click the Users tab. To view a list of all local groups on the system, click the Groups tab.

If you need to find a specific user or group, type the first few letters of the name in the Search filter field. Press [Enter] or click the Apply filter button. The filtered list will be displayed.

To sort the users or groups, click on the column name. The users or groups will be sorted by the value of that column.

Fedora Core reserves user IDs below 500 for system users. By default, User Manager does not display system users. To view all users, including the system users, uncheck Preferences => Filter system users and groups from the pulldown menu.