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author | Phil Bull <philbull@gmail.com> | 2011-03-20 15:03:56 -0400 |
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committer | Phil Bull <philbull@gmail.com> | 2011-03-20 15:07:51 -0400 |
commit | b1b5a50933f3b4d0c1e53bbf2e5dbbc5f1a1ba36 (patch) | |
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Fill-out user admin stubs
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page index c295434..9e3a3b9 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page @@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ id="user-admin-change"> <info> + <link type="guide" xref="user-privileges"/> - <desc>XXX</desc> - <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-10-31" status="stub"/> + <link type="seealso" xref="user-admin-explain" /> + + <desc>You can change which users are allowed to make changes to the system by giving them administrative privileges.</desc> + <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-03-20" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email> @@ -14,8 +17,46 @@ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> - <title>Change who has administrative privileges</title> - +<title>Change who has administrative privileges</title> + +<p>Administrative privileges are a way of deciding who can make changes to important parts of the system. You can change which users have admin privileges and which ones don't. They are a good way of keeping your system secure and preventing potentially damaging unauthorized changes.</p> + +<steps> + <item> + <p>Click your name on the top bar, select <gui>System Settings</gui> and open <gui>User Accounts</gui>.</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>Click <gui>Unlock</gui> and enter your password to unlock the account settings. (To give a user admin privileges, you must have admin privileges yourself.)</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>Select the user whose privileges you want to change and then click the option next to <gui>Account type</gui>.</p> + </item> + + <!-- FIXME: Check that the definitions below are correct! --> + <item> + <list> + <item> + <p>Choose <gui>Administrator</gui> if you want the user to be able to perform administrative tasks, like installing new applications.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Choose <gui>Standard</gui> if you don't want the user to be able to perform admin tasks.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Choose <gui>Supervised</gui> if you want the user to have an extra-secure user account which has extra restrictions on things like connecting to networks. Use this option if the user is someone you don't know (e.g. a "guest user"), or who may try to make unwanted changes to the system.</p> + </item> + </list> + </item> + + <item> + <p>Close the User Accounts window. The user's privileges will be changed when they next log in.</p> +</steps> + +<note> + <p>The first user account on the system is usually the one that has admin privileges. This is the user account that was created when you first installed the system.</p> +</note> + <comment> <cite date="2010-10-31" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite> <p>Explain how admin privileges can be given to other people, or removed. Warn the reader about how it's unwise to have too many admins on a system.</p> |