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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="introduction">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#setup"/>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Overview of parental controls, the <app>Parental Controls</app>
application and its use in other situations where access restrictions are
needed on a user.</desc>
<link type="seealso" xref="creating-a-child-user"/>
</info>
<title>Introduction to Parental Controls</title>
<p>Parental controls are a way to restrict what non-administrator accounts can
do on the computer, with the aim of allowing parents to restrict what their
children can do when using the computer unsupervised or under limited
supervision.</p>
<p>This functionality can be used in other situations ­ such as other
carer/caree relationships but is labelled as parental controls so that
its easy to find, as thats what most people will be looking for.</p>
<p>The parental controls for any user can be queried and set using the
<app>Parental Controls</app> application. This lists the non-administrator
accounts in tabs along its top bar, and shows their current parental
controls settings below. Changes to the parental controls apply immediately.</p>
<p>Restrictions on using the computer can only be applied to non-administrator
accounts. The parental controls settings for a user can only be changed by
an administrator, although the administrator can do so from the users
account by entering their password when prompted by the <app>Parental
Controls</app> application.</p>
</page>