* Password changing script for idiot users with amnesia

diff --git a/maintenance/changePassword.php b/maintenance/changePassword.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Change the password of a given user
+ *
+ * @package MediaWiki
+ * @subpackage Maintenance
+ *
+ * @author Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
+ * @copyright Copyright © 2005, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
+ */
+
+class ChangePassword {
+       var $dbw;
+       var $user, $password;
+       
+       function ChangePassword( $user, $password ) {
+               $this->user = User::newFromName( $user );
+               $this->password = $password;
+               
+               $this->dbw =& wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
+       }
+
+       function main() {
+               $fname = 'ChangePassword::main';
+               
+               $this->dbw->update( 'user',
+                       array(
+                               'user_password' => wfEncryptPassword( $this->user->getID(), $this->password )
+                       ),
+                       array(
+                               'user_id' => $this->user->getID()
+                       ),
+                       $fname
+               );
+       }
+}
+if ( in_array( '--help', $argv ) )
+       die(
+               "Usage: php changePassword.php [--user=user --password=password | --help]\n" .
+               "\toptions:\n" .
+               "\t\t--help\tshow this message\n" .
+               "\t\t--user\tthe username to operate on\n" .
+               "\t\t--password\tthe password to use\n"
+       );
+
+$optionsWithArgs = array( 'user', 'password' );
+require_once 'commandLine.inc';
+
+$cp = new ChangePassword( @$options['user'], @$options['password'] );
+$cp->main();