[desktop-discuss] snv_53 user tool

[Calum Benson]

On 27 Nov 2006, at 19:02, Darren J Moffat wrote:

> Calum Benson wrote:
>> On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 17:36 +0000, Darren J Moffat wrote:
>>> 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.
>> Actually it's not; the Linux versions have a "User Privileges" tab  
>> too,
>> with 'privileges' such as "Use audio devices", "Monitor system logs"
>> etc.
>>> I'd recommend using "RBAC Profiles" as the name of the tab/ 
>>> functionality
>> Personally I'd prefer to avoid abbreviations in the UI, as we do
>> throughout GNOME where possible, although "Role-Based Access Control
>> Profiles" would certainly be a bit of a mouthful.
>
> I agree but RBAC is the name of the functionality and it is a  
> pretty well known abbreviation. Plus it is also the name of the man  
> page!

True, but if you're the type who reads manpages you're not going to  
want the GUI anyway, right? :o)

</contrived generalization>

Cheeri,
Calum.

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