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author | Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com> | 2014-02-01 00:11:17 -0600 |
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committer | Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com> | 2014-02-01 00:11:17 -0600 |
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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/useraccount/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/useraccount/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4b8c66d0f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/useraccount/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,180 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<title>Password & User Account</title> + +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Michael</firstname> +<surname>Anderson</surname> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname> +<surname>Mahfouf</surname> +</author> +<author>&tde-authors;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> +<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> + +<copyright> +<year>2010</year> +<holder>Michael Anderson</holder> +<holder>Anne-Marie Mahfouf</holder> +</copyright> +<copyright> +<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> +<holder>&tde-team;</holder> +</copyright> + +<abstract> +<para> +This handbook describes the Password & User Account module. +</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>TDE</keyword> +<keyword>System Settings</keyword> +<keyword>kcontrol</keyword> +<keyword>user</keyword> +<keyword>account</keyword> +<keyword>password</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</articleinfo> + +<sect1 id="useraccount"> +<title>User Information</title> +<sect2 id="intro"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Screenshot of the User Account Manager</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="useraccount.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>The User Account Manager</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para> + +<para>This is a module to enter user information and configure basic user settings such as +the password and icon. This information and these settings will be used by various &tde; +applications (mail programs and word processors for example) when they are completed. You can:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>change your user icon</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>change your user login password</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>add personal information</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>configure the password prompt</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="icons"> +<title>User Icon and Password</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry><term>User Icon</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This icon is used when the user logs in using a login manager. When your administrator +has configured the login manager to allow this option, selecting the button allows you +to change the image, either by using a pre-installed icons or selecting one of your own images. +Select the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to make the changes permanent. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="user-info"> +<title>User Information</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Name:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Enter here the name of the user. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Organization</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Add a business or group name the user would like to be associated with. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Email address:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Enter here an email address that will be associated with this user. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>SMTP server:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Indicate here a local smtp server for sending mail within a network. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>User ID</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +This is an information only, providing you the User ID assigned to you. This number is +defined in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and was defined when your user account was created. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="password"> +<title>At Password Prompt</title> + +<para> +This section allows you to choose how you want to input your password when prompted. +The default is to have one bullet appear for each letter typed. That can be changed +to three bullets for each letter, which making guessing the length of the password +more difficult letters when somebody else is watching. Even more secure is to display +nothing while typing the password. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="change-password"> +<title>Change Password</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry><term><guibutton>Change password...</guibutton></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Selecting this button displays a dialog to change your user password. Your user password +is the one you log in your system. You will be asked for your current password then twice +for your new password. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</article> |