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

[Rob Crittenden]

JR Aquino wrote:
> 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
>

Pushed to master

rob