[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 16-1 Bugfix for ipa-client-install echo's password in cleartext to stdout

[JR Aquino]

Patch 16-1 submitted to exit if no password is given.

On 2/14/11 12:06 PM, "Rob Crittenden" <rcritten at redhat.com> wrote:

>JR Aquino wrote:
>> During the ipa-client-install, when prompted for the principal
>>password, it is possible to start typing and have the password echoed
>>back.
>>
>> This patch corrects this behavior and addresses bug #959
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/959
>>
>
>It works well if you provide a password but if you just hit ENTER you
>end up in no-man's land waiting for something to happen. What is
>happening under the hood is kinit has also prompted but stdout/stderr is
>not being displayed.
>
>So nack, we should catch that empty password and error out or re-prompt
>or something.
>
>rob

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