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oschrenk / Switch to User.scpt
Created June 26, 2012 13:18
Keyboard Shortcut for Fast User Switching
--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 "<user>", where "<user>" is the other user's name.the field "Kind" must be "User Login" (without quotes).
--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