to, or the access permissions of the user's home directory. You can change these
default settings to meet your requirements:
1 Open the YaST User and Group Administration dialog and select the Defaults
for New Users tab.
2 To change the primary group the new users should automatically belong to,
select another group from Default Group.
3 To modify the secondary groups for new users, add or change groups in Sec-
ondary Groups. The group names must be separated by commas.
4
If you do not want to use /home/
username
as default path for new users' home
directories, modify the Path Prex for Home Directory.
5 To change the default permission modes for newly created home directories,
adjust the umask value in Umask for Home Directory. For more information
about umask, refer to Chapter 9, Access Control Lists in Linux (↑Security
Guide) and to the umask man page.
6 For information about the individual options, click Help.
7 Apply your changes with OK.
10.5 Assigning Users to Groups
Local users are assigned to several groups according to the default settings which
you can access from the User and Group Administration dialog on the Defaults for
New Users tab. In the following, learn how to modify an individual user's group as-
signment. If you need to change the default group assignments for new users, refer
to Section 10.4, “Changing Default Settings for Local Users” (page 141).
Procedure 10.8: Changing a User's Group Assignment
1 Open the YaST User and Group Administration dialog and click the Users tab.
It shows a list of users and of the groups the users belong to.
2 Click Edit and switch to the Details tab.
3 To change the primary group the user belongs to, click Default Group and
select the group from the list.
4 To assign the user additional secondary groups, activate the corresponding
check boxes in the Additional Groups list.
5 Click OK to apply your changes.
6 Click Expert Options > Write Changes Now to save all changes without exiting
the User and Group Administration dialog. Click OK to close the administration
dialog and save the changes.
142 Start-Up
