### Create User

Use this page to create a new eDirectory™ User object. Type the information manually or copy the information from a template or from another User object in your tree. (To use a template, scroll down to the Copy from Template or User Object text box and select the template.)

Password

Select from two options:

- Allow user to log in without a password.
  A user with a <blank/null> password can log in using default authentication methods such as Novell Client™ Login without a password. Although there might be occasions when you want to allow users to log in without passwords, this option is not secure.
- Do not allow user to log in without a password.
  No password-based login is allowed. Logins such as the NMAS™ strong authentication method (for example, biometric authentication) are required.

Simple Password

Simple Password is required for native file access on Windows* and Macintosh* using the CIFS and AFP protocols. Simple Password is not required for normal eDirectory access. The Universal Password feature supercedes Simple Password. When the Universal Password feature is enabled, setting the Simple Password is not required.

For more information on the Universal Password feature, refer to the NetWare® 6.5 documentation.

Copy from Template or User Object

Copies the attributes from a user template that you've created.

Create Home Directory

Applies only to NCP™-enabled volumes.

You can create a home directory for this new User object if you have sufficient eDirectory rights. To do this, specify the path where you want to create the user's home directory.

> You must specify a valid, existing directory path.

> The last directory typed in the path is the one that is created; all other directories in the path must already exist. For example, if you specify the path corp/home/sclark, the directories corp and home must already exist. The directory sclark is the only directory created.

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