<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kuser;"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &kuser; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Matt</firstname> <surname>Johnston</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>mattj@flashmail.com</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <othercredit role="reviewer"> <firstname>Lauri</firstname> <surname>Watts</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> </othercredit> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2000</year> <holder>Matt Johnston</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2000-08-22</date> <releaseinfo>1.03.00</releaseinfo> <abstract><para>This documentation describes &kuser; version 1.0. This program allows you to manage users and groups on your system.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>kuser</keyword> <keyword>user</keyword> <keyword>management</keyword> <keyword>admin</keyword> <keyword>tools</keyword> <keyword>group</keyword> <keyword>password</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="start"> <title>Getting Started</title> <para>This is a short introduction to &kuser;. For more detailed information see <link linkend="using">Usage</link>.</para> <para>Actually you do not need to do anything to begin using &kuser; except <link linkend="customizing">configuration</link>.</para> <para>When you have made the changes you want, you must <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> them for them to take effect. Either choose the Toolbar icon, or use the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="using"> <title>Usage</title> <sect1 id="sec1mainwindow"> <title>Main Window</title> <para>&kuser; is a very simple application. In the main window you can see two lists: the list of users and the list of groups. To edit a user or a group you just double click on it. The user/group properties dialog will appear.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="user-properties"> <title>User Properties Dialog</title> <para>The user properties dialog has various tabs.</para> <para>The number of tabs depends on the type of the user storage system and whether quotas are being used. Additional tabs will appear if you have shadow passwords, or any other similar things such as <filename>/etc/master.passwd</filename> in BSD flavor Unices.</para> <sect2 id="user-info"> <title><guilabel>User Info</guilabel> Tab</title> <para>In the "<guilabel>User Info</guilabel>" tab you can modify: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>Full name</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Login shell</guilabel> (the list of login shells is taken from the <filename>/etc/shells</filename> file)</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Home directory</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Extra info</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>User ID</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Password</guilabel></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="extended-info"> <title><guilabel>Extended Info</guilabel> Tab</title> <para>The <guilabel>Extended Info</guilabel> tab will appear if you have shadow passwords, or any other similar things such as <filename>/etc/master.passwd</filename> in <acronym>BSD</acronym> flavor Unices.</para> <para>In the <guilabel>Extended Info</guilabel> tab you can modify parameters related to extended account control: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>Date until change allowed</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Date before change required</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Date user will be warned about expiration</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Date before account inactivation</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Date when account expires</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Class</guilabel> (on <acronym>BSD</acronym> systems)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="quota"> <title><guilabel>Quota</guilabel> Tab</title> <para>You will probably see the <guilabel>Quota</guilabel> tab only if you have at least one mounted volume with quota enabled and a quota file present. There you may modify all quota related parameters: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>File Soft Quota</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>File Hard Quota</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>File Time Limit (Grace Period)</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>iNode Soft Quota</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>iNode Hard Quota</guilabel></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>iNode Time Limit (Grace Period)</guilabel></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> All these parameters can be changed for each filesystem that has user quota enabled. Filesystems can be changed using the "<guilabel>Quota Filesystem</guilabel>" combobox.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="group"> <title><guilabel>Groups</guilabel> Tab</title> <para>The <guilabel>Groups</guilabel> tab contains all the information about user's participation in groups. First of all, it shows the user's primary group. Also, you can assign as many secondary groups as you wish using the arrow buttons.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="group-properties"> <title><guilabel>Group Properties</guilabel></title> <para>The <guilabel>Group</guilabel> properties dialog has two list boxes. The right one contains users (<guilabel>Users in group</guilabel>), who are included in the group, and the left one contains the list of all other users in the system (<guilabel>Users not in group</guilabel>). You can use the <guibutton>arrow</guibutton> buttons to move a user from one list to the other. Select the user you want to move, then use the <guibutton>arrow</guibutton> button to move the user.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="add-user"> <title>Adding and Removing Users or Groups</title> <para>To add a user or group to the system, either choose <guimenuitem>Add</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>User</guimenu> or <guimenu>Group</guimenu> menu, or click the <guiicon>Add</guiicon> button on the toolbar. The same applies to removing users. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="customizing"> <title>Customizing &kuser;</title> <sect1 id="defaults"> <title>Edit user creation defaults</title> <para>To edit the user creation defaults you can use the <guilabel>Edit defaults</guilabel> dialog, which is accessible via the menu <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. There you may change the defaults that are used when creating a new user: Shell and Home Directory (or home directories volume). You can choose whether to make a home directory on <quote>create</quote> or not, to copy a skeleton to the home directory or not. You can also enable <guilabel>User Private Group</guilabel> mechanism, which creates a new personal group with the creation of a new user, and removes the personal group when the user is removed.</para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&kuser;</para> <para>Program copyright 1997-2000 Denis Pershin <email>dyp@inetlab.com</email></para> <para>Documentation copyright 1997-2000 Denis Pershin <email>dyp@inetlab.com</email></para> <para>Documentation copyright 2000 Matt Johnston <email>mattj@flashmail.com</email></para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t End: -->
