On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 07:09 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Juliano Cesar (cetapsao...@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.
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Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Albert Einstein
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