Glimpse

Tell users why they are entering their password

Bug #814880 reported by Danielle Foré
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Glimpse
Status tracked in 0.5
0.5
Fix Released
Undecided
Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff

Bug Description

When an application asks me to enter my password I expect to see an explanation of why, or I am less likely to feel good about complying. Consider the following attachment of a dialog that explains why my password is needed.

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Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote :
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

That's true, but I have no idea what to write in there, to be honest.

Changed in glimpse:
status: New → Triaged
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

Hmm... Do I really should tell the users that chroot() system call requires root permissions? IMHO I'd better keep the technical details to myself.

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

Also, custom text used to cause bug 834535 (fixed just now). I'll try to invent something though.

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

"Changing root directory requires root permissions.
Please enter your password: " should work I guess.

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

Actually, entering password is just a technical/security limitation. I'm not sure how to explain it. Right now it shows this:
"Running isolated apps requires root permissions.
Please enter your password:"

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