[ovirt-devel] [oVirt 3.6 Localization Question #31] "connectAutomaticallyMessage"

[Michal Skrivanek]

On Sep 9, 2015, at 18:58 , Einav Cohen <ecohen at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi Yuko,
> 
> This is an explanation for the "Connect Automatically" option 
> in the "Options" dialog in the user portal [http://i.imgur.com/cg4IOCJ.png]. 
> 
> It means: 
> [if the "Connect Automatically" option is checked,] In case 
> the ovirt-engine has ("knows") the user's password [1] - 
> connect to the first running VM ("first" == in the displayed 
> VMs list), if there is one [2], immediately upon login to the 
> user portal. 
> 
> [@Michal - for your consideration:] For better understanding 
> of the message, I would at least introduce some punctuation 
> to this sentence; something like:
> 
> """
> If ovirt-engine has the user's password: Connect automatically 
> to the first running VM, if there is one, on User Portal login.

Alex acked it this way, though I agree, it does look a bit confusing to me as well.
Is anyone a native speaker?:-)  

Thanks,
michal

> """
> 
> ----
> Thanks,
> Einav
> 
> [1] I imagine that there are cases in which the ovirt-engine 
> doesn't know the user's password, e.g. in case there is an SSO 
> service configured outside of the ovirt-engine context which 
> takes care of the user authentication, hence "hiding" some of 
> the authentication details (e.g. the user's password) from 
> the ovirt-engine. 
> 
> [2] maybe there are no VMs at all (because the user doesn't 
> have any VMs assigned to him), or maybe all the VMs that the 
> user has are down. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yuko Katabami" <ykatabam at redhat.com>
>> To: devel at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 1:09:38 AM
>> Subject: [ovirt-devel] [oVirt 3.6 Localization Question #31]	"connectAutomaticallyMessage"
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I am posting a new question raised by a translator:
>> 
>> File: ApplicationConstants
>> Resource ID: connectAutomaticallyMessage
>> String: If ovirt-engine has the user's password connect automatically
>> to the first running VM if there is one on User Portal login.
>> Question: Could someone explain the meaning of this sentence? It seems to be
>> either incomplete or contains typos.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Yuko Katabami
>> 
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