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