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authorJoachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org>2006-09-03 18:56:56 +0000
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updated section on file permissions for new UI
* gosnautilus.xml: updated section on file permissions for new UI
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* figures/titlebar_window.png: new image
* gosoverview.xml: updated screenshot of window titlebar
+ * gosnautilus.xml: updated section on file permissions for new UI
2006-08-27 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com>
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml
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--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml
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@@ -2044,240 +2044,135 @@ dialog.</para>
<title>Changing Permissions</title>
<!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
<anchor id="gosnautilus-430"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>permissions</primary>
- <secondary>introduction</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Permissions are settings assigned to each file and folder
-that determine what type of access users can have to the file or folder. The
-following table lists the permissions that you can set for files and folders,
-and the effect of the permission on files and folders:</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="29.62*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="74.59*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="74.59*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Permission</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>File</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>Folder</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Read</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Permission to read the file.</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>Permission to list the contents of the folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Write</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Permission to make changes to the file. </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>Permission to create and delete files in the folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Execute</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Permission to run the file as a program. This is only relevant if the file
-is a program or script.</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>Permission to access files in the directory.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- <para>You can set permissions for different types of user. The following table
-lists the types of user for which you can set permissions:</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="27.27*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="72.73*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>User Category</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Owner</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>The user that created the file or folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Group</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>The group to which the owner belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Others</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>All other users who are not in the group to which the owner belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- <para><indexterm><primary>file manager</primary><secondary>changing permissions</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>changing file and folder</secondary></indexterm>To change the permissions
-on a file or folder perform the following steps:</para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Select the file or folder that you want to change. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <link linkend="nautilus-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab. In the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tabbed section, use the drop-down lists and check boxes
-to change the permissions for the file or folder. The following table describes
-the dialog elements on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tabbed section: </para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="37.78*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="62.22*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>File owner</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>To change the owner of the file or folder, select
-the owner from the drop-down list. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>File group</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>To change the group to which a file or folder belongs,
-select the group from the drop-down list. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select the permissions that you want to apply to the owner
-of the file or folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Group</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select the permissions that you want to apply to the group
-to which the owner of the file or folder belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Others</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select the permissions that you want to apply to
-all other users who are not in the group to which the owner belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Text view</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Displays the permissions that you select from the <guilabel>Read</guilabel>, <guilabel>Write</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Execute</guilabel>
-options, in text format.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Number view</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Displays the permissions that you select from the <guilabel>Read</guilabel>, <guilabel>Write</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Execute</guilabel>
-options, in text format.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Last changed</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Displays the date and time that the file or folder
-was last modified.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the properties
-dialog.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
+
+ <sect3 id="nautilus-permissions-overview">
+ <title>About Permissions</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>permissions</primary>
+ <secondary>introduction</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>Permissions are settings assigned to each file and folder
+ that determine what type of access users can have to the file or folder. For example, you can determine whether other users can read and edit a file that belongs to you, or only have access to read it but not make changes to it.</para>
+ <para>You can set permissions for three categories of users:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>Owner</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The user that created the file or folder.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Group</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A group of users to which the owner belongs.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Others</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All other users not already included.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="nautilus-permissions-file">
+ <title>Changing Permissions for a File</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>changing permissions</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>permissions</primary>
+ <secondary>changing file</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To change the permissions of a file, perform the following steps:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Select the file that you want to change. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <link linkend="nautilus-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>To change the file's group, choose from the groups the user belongs to in the drop-down selector.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>For each of the owner, the group, and all other users, choose from these permissions for the file:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>None</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>No access to the file is possible. (You can't set this for the owner.)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Read-only</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The users can open a file to see its contents, but not make any changes.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Read and write</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Normal access to a file is possible: it can be opened and saved.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>To allow a file to be run as a program, select <guilabel>Execute</guilabel></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="nautilus-permissions-folder">
+ <title>Changing Permissions for a Folder</title>
+
+ <para>To change the permissions of a folder, perform the following steps:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Select the folder that you want to change. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <link linkend="nautilus-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>To change the folder's group, choose from the groups the user belongs to in the drop-down selector.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>For each of the owner, the group, and all other users, choose from these folder access permissions:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>None</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>No access to the folder is possible. (You can't set this for the owner.)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>List files only</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The users can see the items in the folder, but not open any of them.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Access files</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Items in the folder can be opened and modified, provided their own permissions allow it.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Create and delete files</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The user can create new files and delete files in the folder, in addition to being able to access existing files.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <para>To set permissions for all the items contained in a folder, set the <guilabel>File Access</guilabel> and <guilabel>Execute</guilabel> properties and click on <guibutton>Apply permissions to enclosed files</guibutton>.</para>
+ </sect3>
+
</sect2>
+
<sect2 id="gosnautilus-200">
<title>Adding Notes to Files and Folders</title>
<para>You can add notes to files or folders. You can add notes to files or