FW: User pages needing work



Hi Shaun,

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> user-add.page
> user-changepassword.page
>
> The password dialog has a field for a password hint. I set one, and
> couldn't see how to access it from the login screen. Somebody needs
> to talk to the developers to figure this out, then put a blurb in
> each of these pages.
>
> Probably a single paragraph after the <steps> is sufficient. If
> possible, use the same paragrpah on each page to reduce burnen on
> translators.

Matthias Clasen responded to say password hints haven't yet been
implemented in GDM. See bug 643445.

> user-forgottenpassword.page
>
> I have a comment in here about what I'd like to see. The two grub
> sections can be combined, I think. The only difference is how you
> get into grub when booting. Just say something like "Hold down Shift
> while booting. On older systems, you may have to press Esc repeatedly
> instead."

See patch. Should it say how to figure out which version you're running?

> There ought to be a way to do this if somebody else has an admin
> account. The password change dialog does still ask for the current
> password, so it might require a hack to get around. But it should
> be doable, and I think that's the least drastic way. Figure that
> out and add that as the first section.

I'll try to cover this and the other comments in a subsequent patch.

Mike

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