3.3. Advanced Settings in System Preferences
You can also edit some slightly more advanced settings from within the Accounts System Preference pane. These are accessible by Ctrl-clicking on the account name and then clicking on Advanced Options. This will bring up a screen similar to that shown in Figure 3-17. This screen allows you to change a number of values for various attributes of the accounts, including Account name, UID, default group, path to the home folder, default shell, and the GeneratedID for the account. You can also add aliases using the plus (+) sign. This will allow the same account to authenticate using multiple names in the authentication dialogs throughout the operating system. We will discuss these attributes later in the ...
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