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## 3.2.1 Creating an account

Before you can use the system, you must set up a user account for yourself. This is because it's usually not a good idea to use the `root` account for normal use. The `root` account should be reserved for running privileged commands and for maintaining the system, as discussed in Section 4.1.

In order to create an account for yourself, you need to login as `root` and use the `useradd` or `adduser` command. See Section 4.4 for information on this procedure.

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