Password and User kcm module
    Kenneth Wimer 
    wimer at suse.de
       
    Thu Oct 21 18:42:43 BST 2004
    
    
  
* Chris Howells <howells at kde.org> [Oct 21. 2004 19:24]:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed the Password and User kcm module recently, and I am very confused by 
> its existence:
> 
> * (click the button to change your image) -- what image? why do I need an 
> image? Reading the code suggests that it is the .face image, in which case it 
> directly and incompatibly conflics with the kdm kcontrol module
> 
> * Name: Does this get updated in /etc/passwd if I change it?
> * Organisation: Where is this used?
> Email address: Where is this used? what if I have more than one e-mail 
> address? how do I know which one I need?
> * Smtp server: where is this used? What is sending email?
> 
Seems to me this stuff belongs in Kwallet, KMail, etc..so one palce to
configure it is not bad, but it is somewhat unclear what this module
does.
> * password promot: What password prompt? kwallet password prompts? kdesu 
> prompts? kdm? all of the above?
It is the normal user account password. Perhaps this should be explained
better.
Bye,
Kenneth
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