Lesson 3. User Accounts
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Time
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This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to
complete.
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Goals
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Create, configure, and manage user accounts in
Mac OS X
Understand security issues involved with user
accounts and passwords
Troubleshoot user account issues
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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.
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