hi, Am Dienstag, den 08.07.2014, 00:20 +0200 schrieb Alexander Sack: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:14 AM, Steve Langasek > <steve.langa...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi Marc, > > > > On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 04:47:38PM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > >> >> 4) you will be able to switch developer mode on/off in the > >> >> system-settings in a sub page of the "about this device" section [1]. > > > >> >> the first bit (1) is already implemented but will need some extension to > >> >> actually set a specific password (i.e. ubuntu-device-flash > >> >> --developer-mode --password="mynewpw") > > > >> > I assume with this you cannot change the password after the fact > >> > without wiping the user data on the device? > > > >> Sure, you enable a password/PIN on the lock screen. > > > > I may be misunderstanding; does this imply that one must enable > > password-based unlock on the screen in order to have password-based sudo > > over adb? I would not like to have to password unlock my phone for each > > use, but would like sudo to work - the two use cases are obviously (to me) > > not equivalent. > > Yes, my understanding is that you have to unlock your phone on screen > in order to adb shell into it. > > I maybe more convenient idea I had was to make adb shell prompt you > for your pass instead. This probably would also make the automation > story easier. Dunno if this option was considered and if there were > reasons against that. adbd is designed in a way that it will not attach to a tty. not give you job control or any other pieces a "normal" shell offers ... to support login this would have to be changed which would essentially mean a complete re-write of adbd (we could as well create "udb" as rsalveti and sergio have been asking for in the past ... but as i understand there is a vendor requirement (or promise from our (PES) side) for full adb functionality compatibility ... which makes that impossible ...
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