I can't reproduce this here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install webcalendar Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Recommended packages: mysql-server postgresql The following NEW packages will be installed: webcalendar 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 628kB of archives. After unpacking 2929kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main webcalendar 0.9.45-7 [628kB] Fetched 628kB in 10s (61.7kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package webcalendar. (Reading database ... 182777 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking webcalendar (from .../webcalendar_0.9.45-7_all.deb) ... Setting up webcalendar (0.9.45-7) ...
[ debconf stuff, including entering password ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ debconf-get-selections | grep webcalendar/conf/db_password debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo !! sudo debconf-get-selections | grep webcalendar/conf/db_password webcalendar webcalendar/conf/db_password password [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l webcalendar Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================================-=================================-================================================================================== ii webcalendar 0.9.45-7 PHP-Based multi-user calendar [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ An older version didn't properly clear the password field, but the new version does. Additionally, in the default setup, you can't read passwords.dat, so only root could read the password if it wasn't hidden. Take care, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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