7.04, during boot, automatic e2fsck failed, prompt for root password with echo enabled so the root-password could be read as plain text
Bug #108570 reported by
Bernhard Günther
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #55159: usplash prevents passwords from being not echoed on the console.
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Bug Description
After the fresh installation of Feisty Fawn (7.04) and the first reboot the automatic filesystem check for the root partition failed (ext3).
So the system asks for the root password, but the echo is enabled so the clear password could be read on the screen. After pressing
enter without entering the password, the echo is disabled.
Another thing: The Installer does _not_ prompt for a root password during installation, but when the filesystem check fails during boot,
the system prompts for it. How should a "new linux user" react to this? (I set the root-pw before the first reboot manually).
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| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #1 |
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Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, this bug is a duplicate of bug 104602 and is being marked as such. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find. A new linux user using a default install would not have a root password so would be auto logged in.