https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367886
Bug ID: 367886
Summary: System password changing should be easy/easily
accessible
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.6.5
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: s.oosth...@xs4all.nl
CC: bhus...@gmail.com, plasma-b...@kde.org
Users should be able to change their password without having to resort to the
shell based "passwd" command.
My daughter (9) wanted to change her password and I thought how she could do it
without typing passwd on the command prompt. I found it impossible to do via
the GUI!
I looked here first:
- right mouse menu on the background
- kde menu in the taskbar
- I typed password/passwd in the alt-f2 box
- I looked on the internet and found some stuff about kdepasswd, I installed it
(kubuntu 16.04), but nothing changed in the above places.
- looked in the system-settings account settings, it's possible to change the
password there, but when you click on apply, it requires superuser permissions.
This should not be necessary, as it's not for the passwd on the commandline.
I don't understand this at all, I think there used to be a way in the past
(kde3 perhaps), but for me I always use unix commands, so I don't track this
problem very well ;-)
Don't people change their passwords at all? Or not via the gui?
Reproducible: Always
Expected Results:
I expect an option to be available and clearly presented to change the password
of the currently logged-in user. At least in the places I looked (background
right-mouse menu, start-kde, system-settings, through alt-f2, or possibly a new
interface element that makes it trivial to modify parameters about the current
user. Perhaps a real "About-Me" element?
Perhaps it's a good idea to steal possible interface ideas from windows or
macintosh UIs?
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