Password visible by default
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical System Image |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
| policykit-unity8 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The policy dialog has "Show password" checked by default, which means people could leak their passwords accidentally.
Please make sure the password is hidden by default.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: policykit-unity8 0.1+16.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue May 10 17:48:03 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-06 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: policykit-unity8
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
- Charles Kerr (community): Approve
- unity-api-1-bot: Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)
-
Diff: 64 lines (+11/-2)2 files modifiedservice/authentication.cpp (+10/-1)
service/session-iface.cpp (+1/-1)
| Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in policykit-unity8 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in policykit-unity8 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → 13 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
This bug was fixed in the package policykit-unity8 - 0.1+16.
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policykit-unity8 (0.1+16.
[ Rodney Dawes ]
* Add missing bzr-builddeb config for non-native version for CI train.
[ Ted Gould ]
* Replacing that U8 isn't responding with a recoverable error instead
of crashing (LP: #1579837)
* Setup Agent so that it is the fallback agent (LP: #1579837)
* Setting the password echo mode on passwords (LP: #1580236)
-- Ted Gould <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:45:35 +0000