[gnome-user-docs] g-h/user-add: Rewrite instructions for GNOME 3



commit 03badbbf2f1371976140a1ef9f3693f2171fb7f9
Author: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Date:   Sun Apr 3 15:51:22 2011 -0400

    g-h/user-add: Rewrite instructions for GNOME 3

 gnome-help/C/user-add.page      |  120 ++++++++++++++-------------------------
 gnome-help/C/user-addguest.page |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-add.page b/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
index 5abdd5b..0baafaf 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
@@ -3,93 +3,59 @@
       id="user-add">
 
   <info>
-    <link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage"/>
-    <desc>Add new user or group so that other people can log in to the computer.</desc>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-01-20" status="candidate"/>
+    <link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage" group="#first"/>
+    <link type="seealso" xref="user-addguest"/>
+    <desc>Add new user so that other people can log in to the computer.</desc>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-03" status="candidate"/>
     <credit type="author">
       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
       <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
     </credit>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
+      <email>shaunm gnome org</email>
+    </credit>
     
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
   </info>
 
   <title>Add a new user account</title>
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>
-      When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>.  This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.   
-    </p></item>
-    <item><p>
-      Click on <gui>Add</gui>.  You will be prompted for your password.
-    </p></item>
-    <item><p>
-      In the <gui>Create a new user</gui> dialog, enter the new user's <gui>Name</gui>, and choose a <gui>Username</gui>.  Some options for usernames are offered in the <gui>Username</gui> dropdown menu.
-    </p><note><p>Usernames must consist of a combination of any of the following:</p>
-    <list>
-    <item><p>lower case letters from the English alphabet</p></item>
-    <item><p>digits</p></item>
-    <item><p>any of ".", "-" and "_"</p></item>
-    </list>
-    </note>
-    </item>
-    <item><p>Click <gui>Ok</gui>.</p></item>
-    
-    <item><p>Set the <link xref="user-goodpassword">New password</link> and <gui>Confirmation</gui> of password.  Passwords have to be a minimum of 5 characters in length.  Make sure the password confirmation matches the <gui>New password</gui>.  You have the option to <gui>Generate random password</gui>.
-    </p></item>
-    <item><p>
-      Click <gui>Ok</gui>.  The new user has been added to your computer.
-    </p></item>
-  </steps>
-  <note style= "tip">
-  <p>
-    This method will also allow you to create a guest account,  allowing you to let someone else use your computer without giving them access to any of your files.  Eventually, you may want to <link xref="user-delete">delete</link> a guest account.
-  </p>
-  <!--Could conceivably do this by putting the guest user's home directory in /tmp:
-<p>Guests can save files, but those files will be deleted when they log out. Everything about a guest account is temporary.</p>
--->
-  </note>
-  <comment>
-   <cite date="2010-10-31" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list gnome org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
-   <p>Explain how to add a new user account. Describe a basic method, then go into detail about more advanced options in later sections (e.g. choice between administrative user or normal, ways of setting the password etc.).</p>
-  </comment>
-	
 
-  <section id="add">
-    <title>Add A Group</title>
-     
-     
-   <steps>  
-   <item><p>
-      When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>.  This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.   
-    </p></item>
-    <item><p>
-      Click on <gui>Manage Groups</gui>.
-    </p></item>
-    <item><p>
-     Click <gui>Add</gui>.  You will be prompted for your password to <gui>Authenticate</gui>.
-    </p>
-    </item>
-    <item><p>Click <gui>Ok</gui>.</p></item>
-    
-    <item><p> Click <gui>Add</gui>. 
-    </p></item>
-        <item><p> Enter <gui>Group Name</gui>.
-    </p>
-        <note>
-    <p>A valid group name consisting of a lower case letter followed by lower case letters and numbers.</p>
-    </note>
-    </item>
-        <item><p> Click <gui>Ok</gui>. 
-    </p>
+  <p>You can add mutliple user account to your computer. Give one account
+  to each person in your household or company. Every user has their own
+  home folder, documents, and settings.</p>
 
-    </item>
-    <item><p>
-      <link xref="user-modify#add-user-to-group">Add users to the group</link>.
-    </p></item>
-  </steps>
-    
-  </section>
-  
+<steps>
+  <item><p>Click your name in the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
+  <item><p>Click <gui>User Accounts</gui>.</p></item>
+  <item><p>Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the bottom left corner and type your
+  password to make changes. You must be an administrative user to add user
+  accounts.</p></item>
+  <item><p>In the list of accounts on the left, click the <gui>+</gui> button
+  to add a new user account.</p></item>
+  <item><p>If you want the new user to have administrative access to the computer,
+  select <gui>Administrator</gui> for the account type. Administrators can do things
+  like add and delete users, install software and drivers, and chang the date and
+  time.</p></item>
+  <item><p>Enter the new user's full name. The username wil be fill in automatically
+  based on the full name. The default is probably OK, but you can change it if you
+  like. Click <gui>Create</gui> when you're done.</p></item>
+  <item><p>The account is initially disabled, until you choose what to do about
+  the user's password. Under <gui>Login Options</gui> click the button label next
+  to <gui>Password</gui>. Use the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down list to set the
+  password now, allow the user to log in without a password, or have the user
+  set their password the first time they log in.</p>
+  <p>If you choose <gui>Set a password now</gui>, have the user type their password
+  in the <gui>New password</gui> and <gui>Confirm password</gui> fields. See
+  <link xref="user-goodpassword"/>. You can also click the button next to the
+  <gui>New password</gui> to select a randomly generated secure password. These
+  passwords are hard for others to guess, but they can be hard to remember, so
+  be careful.</p></item>
+</steps>
+	
+<p>If you like, you can click the image next to the guest user's name on
+the right to set an image for the account. This image will be shown in
+the login window. GNOME provides some stock photos you can use, or you
+can select your own or take a picture with your webcam.</p>
 
-  
 </page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-addguest.page b/gnome-help/C/user-addguest.page
index bc47d73..b9b6dc8 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-addguest.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-addguest.page
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
 <p>If you like, you can click the image next to the guest user's name on
 the right to set an image for the account. This image will be shown in
 the login window. GNOME provides some stock photos you can use, or you
-can take a picture with your webcam.</p>
+can select your own or take a picture with your webcam.</p>
 
 </page>



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