[gnome-user-docs] Update user-admin-* pages for 3.10
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] Update user-admin-* pages for 3.10
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 23:48:30 +0000 (UTC)
commit e8cbd2de7b999d2b545d02f63337c76c02886494
Author: Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>
Date: Sun Nov 3 23:48:09 2013 +0000
Update user-admin-* pages for 3.10
gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page | 2 +-
gnome-help/C/user-admin-explain.page | 112 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
gnome-help/C/user-admin-problems.page | 49 ++++++++------
3 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page
index 90bcad6..29143ef 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-change.page
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<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
+ important parts of the system. You can change which users have administrative
privileges and which ones don't. They are a good way of keeping your system
secure and preventing potentially damaging unauthorized changes.</p>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-explain.page b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-explain.page
index 792f86a..825802e 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-explain.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-explain.page
@@ -1,75 +1,91 @@
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="tip"
id="user-admin-explain">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#privileges"/>
- <desc>You need admin privileges to change important parts of your system.</desc>
-
<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-03" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
- <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+ <email its:translate="no">gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <desc>You need administrative privileges to change important parts of your system.</desc>
</info>
-<title>How do administrative privileges work?</title>
+ <title>How do administrative privileges work?</title>
<p>As well as the files that <em>you</em> create, your computer has a number
- of files which are needed by the system for it to work properly. If these
- important <em>system files</em> are changed improperly they can cause various
- things to break, so they are protected from changes by default. Certain
- applications also modify important parts of the system, and so are also
- protected.</p>
+ of files which are needed by the system for it to work properly. If these
+ important <em>system files</em> are changed improperly they can cause various
+ things to break, so they are protected from changes by default. Certain
+ applications also modify important parts of the system, and so are also
+ protected.</p>
<p>The way that they are protected is by only allowing users with
- <em>administrative privileges</em> to change the files or use the applications.
- In day-to-day use, you won't need to change any system files or use these
- applications, so by default you do not have admin privileges.</p>
+ <em>administrative privileges</em> to change the files or use the
+ applications. In day-to-day use, you won't need to change any system files or
+ use these applications, so by default you do not have administrative
+ privileges.</p>
<p>Sometimes you need to use these applications, so you may be able to
- temporarily get admin privileges to allow you to make the changes. If an
- application needs admin privileges, it will ask for your password. For example,
- if you want to install some new software, the software installer (package
- manager) will ask for your admin password so it can add the new application to
- the system. Once it has finished, your admin privileges will be taken away
- again.</p>
-
- <p>Admin privileges are associated with your user account. Some users are
- allowed to have admin privileges and some are not. Without admin privileges you
- will not be able to install software. Some user accounts (for example, the
- "root" account) have permanent admin privileges. You shouldn't use admin
- privileges all of the time, because you might accidentally change something
- you did not intend to (like delete a needed system file, for example).</p>
-
- <p>In summary, admin privileges allow you to change important parts of your
- system when needed, but prevent you from doing it accidentally.</p>
-
-<note>
- <title>What does "super user" mean?</title>
- <p>A user with admin privileges is sometimes called a <em>super user</em>.
- This is simply because that user has more privileges than normal users. You
- might see people discussing things like <cmd>su</cmd> and <cmd>sudo</cmd>;
- these are programs for temporarily giving you "super user" (admin) privileges.</p>
-</note>
+ temporarily get administrative privileges to allow you to make the changes.
+ If an application needs administrative privileges, it will ask for your
+ password. For example, if you want to install some new software, the software
+ installer (package manager) will ask for your administrator password so it
+ can add the new application to the system. Once it has finished, your
+ administrative privileges will be taken away again.</p>
+
+ <p>Administrative privileges are associated with your user account.
+ <gui>Administrator</gui> users are allowed to have these privileges while
+ <gui>Standard</gui> users are not. Without administrative privileges you will
+ not be able to install software. Some user accounts (for example, the "root"
+ account) have permanent administrative privileges. You should not use
+ administrative privileges all of the time, because you might accidentally
+ change something you did not intend to (like delete a needed system file, for
+ example).</p>
+
+ <p>In summary, administrative privileges allow you to change important parts
+ of your system when needed, but prevent you from doing it accidentally.</p>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>What does "super user" mean?</title>
+ <p>A user with administrative privileges is sometimes called a <em>super
+ user</em>. This is simply because that user has more privileges than normal
+ users. You might see people discussing things like <cmd>su</cmd> and
+ <cmd>sudo</cmd>; these are programs for temporarily giving you "super user"
+ (administrative) privileges.</p>
+ </note>
<section id="advantages">
- <title>Why are admin privileges useful?</title>
- <p>Requiring users to have admin privileges before important system changes
- are made is useful because it helps to prevent your system from being broken,
- intentionally or unintentionally.</p>
- <p>If you had admin privileges all of the time, you might accidentally change
- an important file, or run an application which changes something important by
- mistake. Only getting admin privileges temporarily, when you need them, reduces
- the risk of these mistakes happening.</p>
- <p>Only certain trusted users should be allowed to have admin privileges.
- This prevents other users from messing with the computer and doing things like
- uninstalling applications that you need, installing applications that you don't
- want, or changing important files. This is useful from a security standpoint.</p>
+ <title>Why are administrative privileges useful?</title>
+
+ <p>Requiring users to have administrative privileges before important system
+ changes are made is useful because it helps to prevent your system from being
+ broken, intentionally or unintentionally.</p>
+
+ <p>If you had administrative privileges all of the time, you might
+ accidentally change an important file, or run an application which changes
+ something important by mistake. Only getting administrative privileges
+ temporarily, when you need them, reduces the risk of these mistakes
+ happening.</p>
+
+ <p>Only certain trusted users should be allowed to have administrative
+ privileges. This prevents other users from messing with the computer and
+ doing things like uninstalling applications that you need, installing
+ applications that you don't want, or changing important files. This is useful
+ from a security standpoint.</p>
+
</section>
</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-problems.page b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-problems.page
index 62959fa..e86606e 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/user-admin-problems.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/user-admin-problems.page
@@ -1,41 +1,48 @@
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="problem"
id="user-admin-problems">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#privileges"/>
- <desc>You can only do some things, like installing applications, if you have admin privileges.</desc>
-
<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-03" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
- <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+ <email its:translate="no">gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <desc>You can only do some things, like installing applications, if you have administrative
privileges.</desc>
</info>
-<title>Problems caused by administrative restrictions</title>
+ <title>Problems caused by administrative restrictions</title>
<p>You may experience a few problems if you don't have
- <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative privileges</link>. Some tasks
- require admin privileges in order to work, such as:</p>
-
-<list>
- <item>
- <p>Connecting to networks or wireless networks</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Viewing the contents of a removable disk connected to the computer, or the
- contents of a different disk partition (e.g. a Windows partition)</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Installing new applications</p>
- </item>
-</list>
-
- <p>You can <link xref="user-admin-change">change who has admin privileges</link>.</p>
+ <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative privileges</link>. Some tasks
+ require administrative privileges in order to work, such as:</p>
+
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Connecting to networks or wireless networks</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Viewing the contents of a removable disk connected to the computer, or
+ the contents of a different disk partition (e.g. a Windows partition)</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Installing new applications</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
+ <p>You can <link xref="user-admin-change">change who has administrative
+ privileges</link>.</p>
</page>
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