On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 07:09 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Juliano Cesar (cetapsao883@yahoo.com.br):
> > Hello, I downloaded Debian Stable for testing.
> >
> > I had a simple idea to solve this problem, could implement the feature that enables to see the password when typed? Recalling that the resource the person choose whether to see the password entered when typing or not.
> >
> > It's a simple feature, I'll be very grateful if they implement.
>
> It is unfortunately *not* a simple feature:
>
> It could require:
>
> - that we add an extra question (we can't make this the default, this
> is basic security)
> - that, based on the answer to this question, we store the password in
> debconf in either a string datatype or a password datatype
> - later on, that we switch back to use a password datatype as, in no
> way, we can keep the root passowrd in clear text in the debconf
> database
> - that we make sure all this works with preseeded setups
[...]
I think this 'just' needs the front-ends used in the installer to
include a 'show password' checkbox when prompting for a password. It's
not something so important and so simple that the installer team should
feel obliged to do it, but maybe if Juliano or another wants to
contribute that...?
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Albert Einstein
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