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diff --git a/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst b/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst index e32db2f05..7d5b33399 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst +++ b/docs/en/rst/administering/users.rst @@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ will appear in the Administration page. The first screen is a search form to search for existing user accounts. You can run searches based either on the user ID, real -name or login name (i.e. the email address, or just the first part -of the email address if the :param:`emailsuffix` parameter is set). -The search can be conducted +name, login name or email address. The search can be conducted in different ways using the listbox to the right of the text entry box. You can match by case-insensitive substring (the default), regular expression, a *reverse* regular expression @@ -55,13 +53,15 @@ Modifying Users Once you have found your user, you can change the following fields: -- *Login Name*: - This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you - have are using the :param:`emailsuffix` parameter, this may - just be the user's login name. Unless you turn off the +- *Email Address*: + This is the user's full email address. Unless you turn off the :param:`allowemailchange` parameter, users can change their login names themselves (to any valid email address). +- *Login Name*: + This is the user's login name, if it is (or can be) different from their email + address (i.e. if the "use_email_as_login" parameter is switched off). + - *Real Name*: The user's real name. Note that Bugzilla does not require this to create an account. |