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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Krishna.Tateneni; &Krishna.Tateneni.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2003-10-16</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>password</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="passwords">
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<title>Passwords</title>
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<sect2 id="passwords-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This module of the &kcontrol; gives you options for configuring the way in
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which the &tdesu; program treats passwords. &tdesu; will ask you for a password
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when you try to carry out some privileged actions, such as changing the
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date/time stored in your system clock, or adding new users on your
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computer.</para>
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<para>Privileged actions such as those described above can only be
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carried out by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or a
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user with administrator permissions on your system. You will need to
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enter the password for the root account when you want to carry out
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such actions.</para>
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<important><para>The options in this module do not affect the behavior of
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passwords in other programs such as &kmail;.</para>
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</important>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="passwords-use">
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<title>Use</title>
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<para>There are two configuration options for passwords. The first is
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to control the visual feedback that you receive when you type a
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password. The actual characters in the password are never shown on the
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screen. You can choose to have each character represented by a
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<token>*</token> character. If you want to make it harder for someone
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who might be watching your screen to figure out how many characters
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there are in the password, you can choose to have each character in
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the password be represented by three asterisks rather than just
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one. Still another option is not to have any visual feedback at all,
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so nothing appears on the screen when you type a password.</para>
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<para>If you work in a reasonably secure environment, you can check
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the option labeled <guilabel>Remember Passwords</guilabel>, and then
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choose a time period in minutes using the spinner labeled
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<guilabel>Timeout</guilabel>. (You can either type a number between 5
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and 1200 minutes, or use the arrows on the spinner.)</para>
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<para>If the <guilabel>Remember passwords</guilabel> option has been selected,
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<application>tdesu</application> will not ask you for a password for the length
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of time specified, after you have given the password once. Keep in mind,
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however, that this makes your workstation less secure.</para>
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<important><para>You should avoid selecting the <guilabel>Remember
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passwords</guilabel> option if you are working in an insecure area, such as a
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publicly accessible workstation. Also, note that choosing a shorter timeout may
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be better if you are in a less secure environment.</para></important>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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