user creation in both anaconda and gnome

nonamedotc nonamedotc at gmail.com
Fri Mar 29 16:22:51 UTC 2013


On 03/29/2013 11:21 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/30/13 00:17, nonamedotc wrote:
>> I created a user in anaconda during installation of TC3 using x86_64 netinstall iso on Virtualbox VM. The user created during install is under group 'root' although I did not specify it to be that way. After I booted to my installed OS, GNOME asked me to create another user. This user is with its own group.
>>
>> Is this behavior intended? Why is the first user part of the user group? Sorry, if this has already been discussed before - I did not find any information in my searches so far ...
>>
> I asked the same question within the thread with subject "Install Advanced User options..."
>
> The answer is that it is planned that if a user is added during the install phase it will be skipped when booted....
>
>  From that thread....
>
>> Also, wouldn't it be preferable to have "firstboot" (if that is what
>> it is called now) skip the user creation dialog if a user was
>> created during the install?
> Yes, that is the plan, but it's not implemented yet.
>
> Firstboot is dead now, the new tools are called initial-setup and gnome-initial-setup (yes, there are two of them, it's another loads of fun we need to deal with).
>
>

Ah! Thanks for the response Ed. I am only in the beginning stages of 
your thread! Thanks again.

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nonamedotc



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