User Configuration

The primary user is automatically configured with appropriate permissions during installation. Shanios also watches for newly created users: the shani-user-setup.path unit monitors /etc/passwd for changes and triggers shani-user-setup.service whenever a new regular user (UID 1000–59999) is detected. That service automatically adds the user to all required groups and sets their default shell to /bin/zsh.

This means any user created post-installation — via the desktop first-run wizard, or with useradd/adduser on the command line — gets the same setup automatically.

For the full list of groups provisioned to each user, the mechanism that controls them, and how to customise group membership, see User Provisioning.

For pre-configured firewall rules (KDE Connect, Waydroid, and other system-level rules applied at installation), see Security Features.