Adding a user to the system is essential for actually using it as a desktop. It is pretty straight forward:

``` shell-session
sh# useradd -m -G <wheel,>plugdev,pipewire -s /bin/bash <username>
sh# passwd <username>
...
passwd: password updated successfully
```

> The `pipewire` group will not exist yet until the corresponding package is installed.

The `wheel` group should ideally only be assigned to one singular admin account. The users in the group are allowed to use the `doas` command to gain root privileges. This is necessary for installing packages and changing system files but not for a normal user.

## Doas

Installing and configuring `doas` should be done like so.

``` title="/etc/portage/package.use/doas"
app-admin/doas persist
```

> This USE flag is necessary when typing the user's password every few seconds gets to annoying.

``` shell-session
sh# emerge -av doas
```

``` title="/etc/doas.conf"
permit persist :wheel as root
```

Now users who are in the `wheel` group are allowed to use the `doas` command to gain root privileges.