Comment 6 for bug 1389771
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| Michael Terry (mterry) wrote Re: [wizard] 4-digit passcode code gets set incorrectly as "passphrase" on first run | #6 |
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Timo, looks like I never actually explained what's going on behind the scenes in this bug. There are two things going on in your workflow:
1) ubuntu-device-flash treats the --password argument as a passphrase always. Ideally it would inspect and see if it looks like a PIN, then set it as such.
2) The wizard can't override an existing password for the user. Ideally if a password was already set, those pages would be skipped or grayed out or something.
So that's two poor usability issues combining to be confusing when flashing with --password. But it's not a bug normal users see, just developers. I'd argue both could/should be fixed. But they just haven't been a priority.