Nicholas Blatter wrote: > I don't know how practical or useful this is in general, but since > you're asking I'll throw it out. > > Something I need on a semi-regular basis is a tool to make a user > change their password when they log in. I ended up hacking together a > shell script that's called from the user's ~/.gnomerc and runs > gnome-terminal full screen (this was on Ubuntu), but I remember > thinking at the time it would be nice to have a window manager > agnostic tool that would a) look better and b) work better. I was > actually thinking of trying to learn enough Python and one of its GUI > libraries to bust out something to do the job, but maybe something > like Qt would work as well as that or better. My original idea was > running something via Xsession.d so it launches right after they log > in, but that's about as much thought as I've given it. > > Anyway, there's idea (such as it is) for you :) >
Have you tried kdialog? Very easy to create shell scripts with GUI'ish elements, like password input boxes. --Dave -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
