[desktop-discuss] snv_53 user tool
Darren J Moffat
Darren.Moffat at Sun.COM
Mon Nov 27 09:36:37 PST 2006
Calum Benson wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 08:59 -0800, Darren J. Moffat wrote:
>> In the snv_53 GNOME tool for creating a user there is a tab called
>> "User Privileges" this is not the correct terminology. This tab is
>> actually allowing you to assign Solaris RBAC Profiles to the user.
>>
>> For consistency with other Solaris tools this should be called RBAC
>> Profiles or User Rights but most certainly not privileges.
>>
>> That set of new system admin tools in snv_53 is pretty good. I was
>> really surprised to see a tool for managing users and even more
>> surprised to see the SMF one!
>
> Worth bearing in mind that these are just the community GNOME tools
> (originally written for Linux, albeit designed to be OS-neutral) that
> we've tailored for Solaris, so it's only to be expected that there's
> still a bit of work required to give a more Solaris-friendly experience.
> As you say, they're pretty useful already though.
I understand that, but in the case of the RBAC profiles it is clearly a
Solaris addition so it would be nice to have the correct terminology.
I'd recommend using "RBAC Profiles" as the name of the tab/functionality
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Darren J Moffat
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