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author | tpearson <tpearson@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2011-10-15 09:14:47 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/kiosktool/profiles.docbook b/doc/kiosktool/profiles.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53a6b49 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kiosktool/profiles.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<chapter id="profiles"> +<title>Profiles</title> +<para>A profile is a collection of default settings and restrictions +that can be applied to either individual users or groups of users.</para> + +<para>The KDE desktop environment as well as all KDE applications use +a specific +<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/fsh.php#dir_structure">directory structure</ulink> +to lookup configuration settings and various other information. +KDE knows about several +<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/fsh.php#dir_location">locations</ulink> +for these directory structures. +All the information and +<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/config_file.php">configuration settings</ulink> +found in the various locations are +<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/config_file.php#cascading">combined</ulink> +before they are used. +<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/config_file.php#lock_down">Lock down</ulink> +features control whether settings in the user's home folder ($KDEHOME or ~/.kde) +are taken into account or not. +</para> + +<para> +A profile consists of a standard KDE directory structure in a custom location with +settings and information chosen by you. +</para> + +<para>&kiosktool; lets you chose in which location +a profile should be stored. Information about available profiles is stored in +the file &etc_kderc;. +</para> + +<para>It is recommended to store all profiles under a single +directory. In this case the &etc_kderc; file only needs to contain a reference to this +single directory and KDE and &kiosktool; will automatically pick up all profiles stored +under this directory. See the <xref linkend="settings" /> chapter for more information. +</para> + +</chapter> |