On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 03:39:00PM -0400, PsiStormYamato wrote: > The basic concept that an existing password should be required to add a > new password is obvious "if you think about", but that doesn't mean that > a newbie will automatically know that the first password that cryptsetup > asks for will be for an existing password. Others may assume, as I did, > that, if an *existing* password is needed to authenticate the the > attempt to add a new key, clear language would be used to indicate that > event. Otherwise, someone may make the mistake of assuming, as I did, > that I was being asked for the new password that I wanted to enter, and > that authentication would follow. > > Anyway, my point is that a simple modification of the wording of > cryptsetup's responses would help to prevent such a problem with future > newbies. I agree. @Milan: Do we have a wish-list process for things like this besides asking on the list? If so, its another thing I should add to the FAQ. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
