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    <title>Users Administration Tool Manual</title> 
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      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Carlos Garnacho Parro</holder>
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    <revhistory>
	 <revision>
	   <revnumber>Users Administration Tool Manual V2.15.2</revnumber>
	   <date>Agost de 2006</date>
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          <para role="author">carlosg@gnome.org (Carlos Garnacho Parro)</para>
          <para role="publisher">carlosg@gnome.org (Carlos Garnacho Parro)</para>
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	   <revnumber>Users Administration Tool Manual V0.35</revnumber>
	   <date>Junh de 2004</date>
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          <para role="author">carlosg@gnome.org (Carlos Garnacho Parro)</para>
          <para role="publisher">carlosg@gnome.org (Carlos Garnacho Parro)</para>
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    <releaseinfo>This manual describes version 2.15.2 of Users Administration Tool.</releaseinfo> 

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    <abstract role="description">
      <para>The Users Administration Tool allows you add, delete and modify the existing users and groups in your system.</para>
    </abstract>
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  <indexterm zone="index"> 
    <primary>Users Administration Tool</primary> 
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  <sect1 id="tool-introduction"> 
    <title>Introduccion</title> 
    <para>The <application>Users Administration Tool</application> allows you add, delete and modify the existing users and groups in your system.</para> 
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="tool-getting-started">
    <title>Per començar</title>

    <para>You can start <application>Users Administration Tool</application> in the following ways:</para>

    <variablelist>
	 <varlistentry>
	   <term>Menut <guimenu>Sistèma</guimenu></term>
	   <listitem>
		<para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Users and groups</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
	   </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>

	 <varlistentry>
	   <term>Linha de comanda</term>
	   <listitem>
		<para>Execute the following command: <command>users-admin</command></para>
	   </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>When you start <application>Users Administration Tool</application>, you will be prompted for the administrator password, this is necessary because the changes done with this tool will affect the whole system.</para>

    <para>After entering the administrator password, the following window is displayed.</para>

    <figure id="users-main-window">
	 <title>Users Administration Tool main window</title>
	 <screenshot>
	   <mediaobject>
		<imageobject>
		  <imagedata fileref="figures/users-tool.png" format="PNG"/>
		</imageobject>
		<textobject>
		  <phrase>Shows Users Administration Tool main window.</phrase>
		</textobject>
	   </mediaobject>
	 </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>The <application>Users Administration Tool</application> main window contains the following elements:</para>

    <variablelist>
	 <varlistentry>
	   <term><guilabel>Users list</guilabel></term>
	   <listitem>
		<para>Shows the available users. depending on the gconf key "/apps/gnome-system-tools/users/showall" it will show the system users too.</para>
	   </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>

	 <varlistentry>
	   <term><guilabel>User manipulation buttons</guilabel></term>
	   <listitem>
		<para>Allows to add or delete users or modify user settings.</para>
	   </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 <varlistentry>
	   <term><guilabel>Manage groups button</guilabel></term>
	   <listitem>
		<para>Shows a similar dialog to modify group settings.</para>
	   </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <figure id="users-groups-editor">
	 <title>Users Administration Tool groups editor</title>
	 <screenshot>
	   <mediaobject>
		<imageobject>
		  <imagedata fileref="figures/groups.png" format="PNG"/>
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		<textobject>
		  <phrase>Groups editor.</phrase>
		</textobject>
	   </mediaobject>
	 </screenshot>
    </figure>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="tool-usage">
    <title>Utilizacion</title>

    <sect2 id="tool-add-new-user">
	 <title>To add a new user</title>
	 <para>Press the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button in the main dialog, a new window will appear asking for the new user data. For adding a new user, you must provide at least the username and password (automatically generated or by hand). Optionally you can specify or modify real name, office location, work phone, home phone, main group, used shell, home directory, user ID and a list of the secondary groups for the user.</para>

	 <para>Main group, used shell, home directory and user ID are automatically guessed depending on the selected profile.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2>
	 <title>To modify an existing user</title>
	 <para>Select the user you want to modify and press the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> button, A window similar to the used for adding new users will appear with all the user data, allowing you to modify them.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2>
	 <title>To delete an existing user</title>
	 <para>Select the user or users that you want to delete and press the <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> button in the <guilabel>Users</guilabel> tab, due to the importance of this data, you will be asked for confirmation for every user you want to delete.</para>

	 <para>For security reasons, the home directory of the deleted users will not be deleted.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="tool-add-new-group">
	 <title>To add a new group</title>
	 <para>Press the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button in the groups dialog, a new window will appear asking for the new group data. For adding a new group, you must provide at least the group name and the group ID. Optionally you can specify the users that will belong to this group.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2>
	 <title>To modify an existing group</title>
	 <para>Select the group you want to modify in the groups dialog and press the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> button, A window will appear with the group's data allowing you to modify them.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2>
	 <title>To delete an existing group</title>
	 <para>Select the group or groups that you want to delete in the groups dialog and press the <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> button in the <guilabel>Groups</guilabel> tab, due to the importance of this data, you will be asked for confirmation for every group you want to delete.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
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