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ubuntu-gdm-themes package

  1. Bug #231033
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 231033

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schrodycat (junk-jimandbarb) wrote : Re: optically clearly distinguish username from password entry

Adding another vote for revisiting the gdm username/password login prompts, especially when a face browser is present. This is actually a minor security issue - I have accidentally typed my password into the username field in front of groups of people. Not a nice experience.

Take a look at the Mac OSX login screen. There's a face browser, but no username field. You simply click on a face and enter your password. Users can't accidentally enter their password in a cleartext field. If you want to login as a user who is not in the face list, there's a separate item for that.

And if this is really a dup, please add the bug ID.

thanks.