Administering user accounts

The Account Manager interface

The Account Manager allows you to create or modify user accounts. You can start the Account Manager in any of these ways:

Double-click on the Account Manager icon in the System Administration window on the Desktop.
Start the SCOadmin launcher by entering scoadmin on the command line, then selecting Account Manager.
Enter scoadmin account manager on the command line (or abbreviate to scoadmin a).

For more information on using SCOadmin managers, see ``Administering your system with SCOadmin''.

The main display of the Account Manager includes a list of accounts on the system. The icons (or characters) in the ``Status'' column indicate the type of account and its status. By default, the Status information is not displayed to keep startup time to a minimum. To display status information, select Show Status from the Options menu.

WARNING: If you have a large number of accounts on the system, the collection of status information takes a long time and will delay startup of the Account Manager. We recommend not using the Show Status selection under these circumstances.

You can display a list of groups on the system by selecting Groups from the View menu.

Account Manager status icons