ubiquity apport hook shouldn't suggest password is in log file
Bug #1257159 reported by
Marc Deslauriers
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Brian Murray | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Brian Murray |
Bug Description
data/package-
if os.path.
response = ui.yesno("The debug log file from your installation would help us a lot but includes the password you used for your user when installing Ubuntu. Do you want to include this log file?")
This gives users who are filing installation bugs the impression that their password is being logged in clear text to a log file. This is only the case if ubiquity is being run in debugging mode, not during normal operation.
The apport hook should determine if the debug file actually contains debugging information before prompting the user with this scary error message.
Related branches
tags: | added: rls-t-incoming |
Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: |
added: trusty removed: rls-t-incoming |
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Ubiquity doesn't tell us what options it was started with in UbiquitySyslog.txt, but I think looking for "debconf (developer)" in UbiquityDebug.txt indicates that ubiquity was run in --debug mode.