2022-05-11 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>

* Updated the 'Managing the Current User with RDLogin' chapter of
	the Operations Guide.

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* Updated the global copyright date in rdadmin(1).
2022-05-11 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
* Updated the 'System Overview' chapter of the Operations Guide.
2022-05-11 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
* Updated the 'Managing the Current User with RDLogin' chapter of
the Operations Guide.

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These privileges are tracked by the system on the basis of
<emphasis>user accounts</emphasis>.
Creating user accounts and administering their permissions
are done in the RDAdmin module and are covered in the Rivendell
Technical and Administration Guide.
are done in the RDAdmin module and are covered in
<xref linkend="sect.rdadmin.managing_users" />.
</para>
<para>
It's important to note that these user accounts are not the same
It's important to note that these user accounts are
<emphasis>not</emphasis> the same
thing as the “Login Name” that is used to log into the computer system
itself. Rather, they exist and have meaning only within the Rivendell
system. For the rest of this discussion, when we talk about “users”,
itself. Rather, they exist and have meaning only within the Rivendell
system. For the rest of this discussion, when we talk about “users”,
it is these “Rivendell users” that we are referring to.
</para>
<para>
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For some sites however, particularly larger ones, it is desirable
to have multiple user accounts, each tailored to a particular person
or “role”, with privileges assigned appropriately. Such sites
require a means to log different users in and out of the system,
require a means to log different users in and out of the system
without interfering with any playout operations that may be ongoing
at the time. RDLogin is the module for doing this.
</para>
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</para>
<note>
The system administrator may have configured the system so as not to
display the list of available users. If this is the case, you will
need to enter the username of the user to log in rather than selecting
it from a dropdown list.
</note>
</sect1>
</chapter>