On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:30 -0700, Dave Smith wrote: > 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.
kdialog? Bah! Zenity FTW! -- When you tell me I should give proprietary software a fair technical evaluation because its features are so nice, what you are actually doing is saying "Look at the shine on those manacles!" to someone who remembers feeling like a slave. -- Eric S. Raymond -------------------- 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
