Re: Bug#46857: apt: If source URI contains password, the password is printed on the screen during fetches

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On 7 Oct 1999, KORN Andras wrote:

> try a URI like <deb ftp://user:password@host/debian unstable local>; the
> password is printed on the screen in plain text. I believe it would be
> better to not display the user:password bit at all, or at least mask the
> password.

I've cleaned up the display and filename generations to omit the
passwords, but I consider it to be a beautification. There are still may
occurances where APT will rightly print out the password onto the screen.

Basically if someone is looking over your shoulder they might see a
password.

Jason