PPS: GUI password changer

[Liviu Andronic]

Ralf,
Please do not break threads in this way, by randomly modifying the
subject line. If your reply still pertains to the original thread and
there are no good reasons to change it, please stick to that subject.

Regards,
Liviu


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 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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