[gnome-user-docs] user-add: Remove instructions for things that don't work
- From: Shaun McCance <shaunm src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] user-add: Remove instructions for things that don't work
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:18:11 +0000 (UTC)
commit f401680db9549750d607e712c56057768336b9ae
Author: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Date: Sat Mar 24 18:44:28 2012 -0400
user-add: Remove instructions for things that don't work
gnome-help/C/user-add.page | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-add.page b/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
index 9660cca..2097e18 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-add.page
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage" group="#first"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="user-addguest"/>
<desc>Add new users so that other people can log in to the computer.</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
+ <!-- Setting 3.4.0 version to final for release, but we need to do something
+ about the various comments in here, so incomplete for 3.4.1.
+ -->
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4.1" date="2012-03-24" status="incomplete"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-24" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
@@ -28,11 +32,24 @@
</comment>
<comment>
-<cite date="2012-02-19">shaunm</cite>
-<p>The dialog to enable an account now has <gui>Enable account</gui> in the
-<gui>Action</gui> drop-down, along with the password-setting options. It's
-not clear to me what this does. The other options all enable the account,
-and in a very specific way.</p>
+ <cite date="2012-03-24">shaunm</cite>
+ <p>Let's add a "Disable account" page. Click the account, click the dots
+ next to "Password", select "Disable this account" from "Type".</p>
+</comment>
+
+<comment>
+<cite date="2012-03-24">shaunm</cite>
+<p>Much of the password dialog simply does not work:</p>
+<list>
+<item><p><gui>Choose a password at next login</gui> does nothing</p></item>
+<item><p><gui>Log in without a password</gui> does nothing</p></item>
+<item><p><gui>Enable this account</gui> does nothing (and it's not even
+clear to me what it should do):
+<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655914">665914</link></p></item>
+<item><p><gui>Hint</gui> does nothing:
+<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647912">647912</link>,
+<link href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643445">643445</link></p></item>
+</list>
</comment>
<p>You can add multiple user accounts to your computer. Give one account
@@ -40,27 +57,32 @@ and in a very specific way.</p>
home folder, documents, and settings.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>Click your name on the top bar, then click the picture next to your
- name to open the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window.</p></item>
- <item><p>Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type your
- password to make changes. You must be an administrative user to add user
- accounts.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Open <gui>User Accounts</gui>.</p></item>
+
+ <item><p>You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrator privileges</link>
+ to add user accounts. Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type
+ your password or the administrator password, as prompted.</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 in the dropdown menu.
- Administrators can do things like add and delete users, install software and
- drivers, and change the date and time.</p></item>
+
+ <item><p>If you want the new user to have
+ <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative access</link> 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 change the date and
+ time.</p></item>
+
<item><p>Enter the new user's full name. The username will be filled in
automatically based on the full name. The default is probably OK, but you can
change it if you like.</p></item>
- <item><p>Click <gui>Create</gui> when you're done.</p></item>
+
+ <item><p>Click <gui>Create</gui>.</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 <gui>Account
- disabled</gui> 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
+ the user's password. Under <gui>Login Options</gui> click <gui>Account
+ disabled</gui> next to <gui>Password</gui>. Select <gui>Set a password now</gui>
+ from the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down list, and have the user type their
password in the <gui>New password</gui> and <gui>Confirm password</gui> fields.
See <link xref="user-goodpassword"/>.</p>
<p>You can also click the button next to the
@@ -70,7 +92,7 @@ and in a very specific way.</p>
<item><p>Click <gui>Change</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>
-<note><p>Back in the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window you can click the image next
+<note><p>In the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window you can click the image next
to the 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>
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