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March 19, 2012 16:25
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"Very" Fast User Switching with OS X
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--This script MUST be named "Switch to User.scpt", where User is the name of the user to switch to. | |
--You must first make a password item (a.k.a. a key) for the other user's password using Keychain Access, and call it "", where "user" is the other user's name and with the description "User Login". The script assumes that you make this key in your login.keychain, which is the default one. | |
--The first time you run this script, you will be prompted to allow Keychain Scripting to access the password of the key. | |
--This script requires "Enable access for assistive devices" to be enabled in the Universal Access system preference pane. | |
set username to word -1 of my findReplace(".scpt", "", (path to me as text)) | |
-- Invoke Fast User Switching. The `id -ur username` part gets the uid number that corresponds to the username and substitutes it at the end of the CGSession command | |
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/'Menu Extras'/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID `id -ur " & username & "`" | |
-- Use universal access to enter the text and to click the button | |
tell application "System Events" | |
repeat | |
if (do shell script "stat -f %Su /dev/console") is username then exit repeat | |
-- Get the password for the username | |
try | |
set pswd to (do shell script "security find-generic-password -g -s \"" & username & "\" -D \"User Login\" 2>&1 1>/dev/null | sed -e 's/password: \"//' -e 's/\"//'") | |
on error | |
exit repeat | |
end try | |
if exists window 1 of application process "SecurityAgent" then | |
tell process "SecurityAgent" to set value of text field 1 of window 1 to pswd | |
key code 36 | |
exit repeat | |
else | |
tell application "SecurityAgent" to quit | |
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/'Menu Extras'/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID `id -ur " & username & "`" | |
end if | |
end repeat | |
end tell | |
on findReplace(findText, replaceText, sourceText) | |
set ASTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters | |
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to findText | |
set sourceText to text items of sourceText | |
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to replaceText | |
set sourceText to sourceText as text | |
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASTID | |
return sourceText | |
end findReplace |
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