[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Users" by WolfgangSchweer

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The "DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Users" page has been changed by WolfgangSchweer:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Users?action=diff&rev1=2&rev2=3

Comment:
drop Kmail configuration instruction, use Thunderbird. typo fixes and improvements; thanks victory.

  
  Every user should change her or his password by using GOsa². To do so, just use a browser and go to {{{https://www/gosa/}}}.
  
- Using GOsa² to change the password ensures that Kerberos (krbPrincipalKey), LDAP (userPassword) and Samba (sambaNTPassword and sambaLMPassword) passwords are the same.
+ Using GOsa² to change the password ensures that passwords for Kerberos (krbPrincipalKey), LDAP (userPassword) and Samba (sambaNTPassword and sambaLMPassword) are the same.
  
  Changing passwords using PAM is working also at the GDM login prompt, but this will only update the Kerberos password, and not the Samba and GOsa² (LDAP) password. So after you changed your password at the login prompt, you really should also change it using GOsa².
  
@@ -23, +23 @@

  
  == Using email ==
  
- All users can send and receive mails within the internal network. To allow mail outside the internal network, the adminstrator needs to configure the mailserver {{{exim4}}} to suit the local situation, starting with {{{dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config}}}.
+ All users can send and receive mails within the internal network. To allow mail outside the internal network, the administrator needs to configure the mailserver {{{exim4}}} to suit the local situation, starting with {{{dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config}}}.
  
- Every user who wants to use KMail (or Icedove, not installed by default) needs to configure it as follows. For a user with username jdoe the internal email address is jdoe at postoffice.intern.
+ Every user who wants to use Thunderbird needs to configure it as follows. For a user with username jdoe the internal email address is jdoe at postoffice.intern.
  
+ === Thunderbird ===
+  * Start Thunderbird
- === KMail ===
-  * Start KMail
-  * Close the tip of the day
-  * Cancel the Account Assistant
-  * Open Settings/Configure KMail
-  * Modify the default identity
-    * enter your email address
-    * make sure that 'postoffice.intern' is the default domain (tab Advanced)
-    * click OK
- 
-  * Choose Accounts out of the menu
-    * click add
-    * choose imap-server (get rid of KWallet each time it pops up)
-    * enter 'intern' as account name and 'postoffice.intern' as imap server
-    * check if the username is present
-    * don't enter the password, as Kerberos single sign on will be used
-    * click the tab Advanced
-    * click 'Auto detect', then change Authentication manually from 'Login' to 'GSSAPI'
-    * click ok
-    * accept the certificate (forever)
-    * click ok
- 
-  * Open Settings/Configure KMail to configure Sending
-    * click Add
-    * enter 'intern' as name and set it as default, choose SMTP
-    * click 'Create and Configure'
-    * enter 'postoffice.intern' as outgoing server name
-    * check 'server requires authentication'
-    * enter username; again, omit the password
-    * click OK
-    * click on the just configured server entry, click 'Modify'
-    * click advanced configuration
-    * click detect automatically
-    * click two times OK
- 
-  * You should now be able to read your welcome email (next message). 
- 
- === Icedove ===
-  * Start Icedove
   * Click 'Skip this and use my existing email'
   * Enter your email address
   * Uncheck 'Remember password'



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