B.29. Lab B.29: Set the Defaults for New Users

This lab requires a workstation running openSUSE and KDE.

To change the default settings for new users in openSUSE, follow these steps:

  1. Click the launcher on the desktop and choose Applications.

  2. Choose System.

  3. Choose Administrator Settings. This choice starts YaST2.

  4. Choose Security and Users.

  5. Choose User and Group Management. Click the Defaults for New Users tab.

  6. Change the Days after Password Expiration Login Is Usable from its default of -1 to 0.

  7. Click Finish to exit the configuration.

  8. Exit YaST2.

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