[snap] Upgrade from deb to snap forgets saved passwords
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Olivier Tilloy |
Bug Description
On Ubuntu 19.10, when upgrading from the deb package to the snap¹, the password-
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This is bad user experience, as the transition should be seamless.
Aside of auto-connection, one possible solution would be to do the connection in the deb’s pre-install script (which installs the snap from the store, and is executed as root). That has pretty much the same security implications though, so it requires input from the security team before proceeding.
Yet another solution would be for the wrapper script (/usr/bin/
Or a log message / dialog box at startup to inform the user that they should connect the interface manually. But that's not great UX, and doesn't provide a seamless transition.
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tags: | added: password-storage |
Kyle and Jamie kindly provided their opinion on the matter at https:/ /forum. snapcraft. io/t/auto- connecting- the-cups- control- and-password- manager- service- interfaces- for-the- chromium- snap/4592/ 8 and https:/ /forum. snapcraft. io/t/auto- connecting- the-cups- control- and-password- manager- service- interfaces- for-the- chromium- snap/4592/ 9.
I'm going ahead with connecting the interface in the deb's pre-install script, on package upgrades only.