Bug #13447

Greeter: Password check doesn't work when changing first entry

Added by mercedes508 2017-07-09 07:12:43 . Updated 2020-04-15 06:02:12 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
intrigeri
Category:
Target version:
Tails_4.0
Start date:
2017-07-09
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
https://salsa.debian.org/tails-team/tails/merge_requests/39/commits
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Welcome Screen
Deliverable for:

Description

In Tails 3.0.1 (and previous), at Greeter, when setting an administration password the following way, you don’t get any error message, but can’t get and admin terminal neither:

Procedure
=

  • go to the admin password part of the Greeter
  • in the first field type your password, but wrongly (let’s say “possword”)
  • in the second field type the right one (let’s say “password”)

You get a notice that it doesn’t match

  • change the password in the first field to the right one (“password”)

You get a notice that it matches

  • Start Tails

Result
==

Can’t open/use an admin password.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #12386: Greeter sometimes fails to set Admin password on Stretch Duplicate 2017-03-19
Related to Tails - Feature #14544: Spend software developer time on smallish UX improvements In Progress 2018-08-31
Blocks Tails - Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team Confirmed
Blocked by Tails - Feature #16095: Curate the list of languages in Tails Greeter Resolved 2018-11-04

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2017-07-17 15:43:33

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2017-07-17 15:43:53

  • related to Bug #12386: Greeter sometimes fails to set Admin password on Stretch added

#3 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-16 11:23:12

Still confirmed in Tails 3.4.

I propose to merge Bug #12386 and Bug #13447. It seems to be the same bug.

It might be that the problem is simply that the Greeter expects us to focus the second field before clicking add? (I have not tested that idea.)

#4 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-16 11:30:00

u wrote:
> Still confirmed in Tails 3.4.
>
> I propose to merge Bug #12386 and Bug #13447. It seems to be the same bug.
>
> It might be that the problem is simply that the Greeter expects us to focus the second field before clicking add? (I have not tested that idea.)

I confirm that everything works correctly when following the procedure described in the ticket and then refocusing the second text field.

#5 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-22 18:21:03

  • related to Feature #14544: Spend software developer time on smallish UX improvements added

#6 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-22 18:25:20

#7 Updated by sajolida 2019-08-22 17:04:45

Alan hasn’t touched this ticket since it was created about 2 years ago and I think that we should unblock it.

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2019-08-24 11:11:44

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2019-08-24 11:12:10

  • Assignee deleted (alant)

sajolida wrote:
> Alan hasn’t touched this ticket since it was created about 2 years ago and I think that we should unblock it.

Yes, let’s make it clear that this one is up for grabs, and could be tackled by any FT member: there’s no particular reason why we need to block on Alan here.

#10 Updated by segfault 2019-09-25 16:51:00

  • Assignee set to segfault

#11 Updated by segfault 2019-09-25 19:46:40

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|2b6b2775052294e0edd737bbb149a67b784b9697.

#12 Updated by segfault 2019-09-25 19:47:20

  • Status changed from In Progress to Needs Validation
  • Assignee deleted (segfault)
  • Feature Branch set to feature/16095-curate-languages-in-greeter

#13 Updated by segfault 2019-09-28 23:09:33

  • Subject changed from Inconsistent administration password setting process at Greeter to Greeter: Password check doesn't work when changing first entry

#14 Updated by segfault 2019-09-28 23:10:24

  • Target version set to Tails_4.0

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2019-09-29 14:59:43

  • Assignee set to intrigeri

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2019-09-29 15:12:34

Code review passes, will now build & test.

#17 Updated by intrigeri 2019-09-30 07:35:09

  • blocked by Feature #16095: Curate the list of languages in Tails Greeter added

#18 Updated by intrigeri 2019-09-30 07:47:03

  • Status changed from Needs Validation to In Progress
  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to segfault

Works! Please reassign to me once the branch is ready for merging.

#19 Updated by segfault 2019-10-04 14:00:42

  • Status changed from In Progress to Needs Validation
  • Assignee deleted (segfault)
  • Feature Branch changed from feature/16095-curate-languages-in-greeter to https://salsa.debian.org/tails-team/tails/merge_requests/39/commits

#20 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-05 07:12:25

  • Assignee set to intrigeri

#21 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-05 15:04:43

  • Status changed from Needs Validation to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|53c6c19a4ede83bcc99337a46c70b8dfe7277f42.

#22 Updated by intrigeri 2020-04-15 06:02:12

  • Affected tool changed from Greeter to Welcome Screen