Incorrect password feedback is tech-speak

[Murat Gunes]

Binary package hint: gdm

In Karmic, upon choosing a user and entering an incorrect password, GDM currently displays the text "Authentication failure".

This is a piece of text that unnecessarily reveals technical implementation details of what happened under the hood, yet falls short of informing the user of what exactly she did wrong (typed a wrong username or password).

The Ubuntu 9.04 counterpart, "Incorrect username or password. Letters must be typed in the correct case." is a better alternative.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 7696bb9ed30a876290a9971edd597f77
CheckboxSystem: a00f939bfacf3b997adc8649c637ed9f
Date: Thu Oct 8 20:56:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu13
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

note sure where is the open bug but robert_ancell mentioned worked on that in his activy reports and it's a known issue

[Murat Gunes (mgunes)]

This seems to have slipped through the cracks in the past few releases. Reopening, adding a hundredpapercuts task, and subscribing Robert Ancell.

[Sashin (sashin)]

This issue is not limited to the login screen, also when doing anything that requires password input like upgrading, it also occurs.

[Sashin (sashin)]

I think it should say "wrong password" in these instances as the username is not typed.

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Since this sounds like a simply case of changing the contents of a string, I am confirming this as a paper cut.

[Vish (vish)]

Robert Ancell , can you make sure you upload your patch this cycle? the one in Bug #411559 comment #9 ?