PPS: GUI password changer

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Wed Apr 24 09:30:17 CEST 2013


After doing some office work I had some time, so new shebang, new path,
new option, new name:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ cat /usr/local/bin/chpassword
#!/bin/sh

echo -n "Change password of user: "
read username
echo -n "Do it being user: "
read su_user
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then echo -n "$su_user's "; fi
su $su_user -c "passwd $username"
echo "Push enter to quit."
read push_rtn

exit

Then run Alacarte and to "Settings" add a "New Item"

Name:    Password
Command: /usr/local/bin/chpassword
Comment:
[x] Launch in Terminal?

This likely will add it to "Menu > Other" instead of "Menu > Settings",
but should work as expected.



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