[Bug 60967] Method of changing password non-obvious

Grim grimace at yuss.org
Sun Sep 17 21:13:35 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome

The means by which a user can change their account password under GNOME
are not obvious.

Presently there are two ways by which a user may reach a password-change
action from the GNOME menu. These are System -> Preferences -> About Me,
and System -> Administration -> Users and Groups. The latter requires
root privileges and so is not optimal (root privileges aren't needed for
this operation.) The first does not present itself as a 'change
password' operation, and is easily overlooked, as it was by myself. ;-)

Common sense suggests there should be a prominent 'Change Password'
option, perhaps on the top-level System menu above 'Quit,' or otherwise
elsewhere.

** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Method of changing password non-obvious
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60967




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