On 06.05.2013 23:42, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 13:04 -0700, Dan Mashal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In the latest Fedora 19 Beta TC2 install after I got through the >> initial steps of the install I started to setup my root password. >> >> To my surprise my password was shown in plain text instead of bullets. > > For the record: > > commit da565b769979a031f318dbc727b9888e4f1fb37c > Author: Chris Lumens <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon May 6 17:18:30 2013 -0400 > > Revert "Add signal handlers for controlling password entry > visibility." (#958608). > > This reverts commit 99464761dab4e43cfbf8caa059815c6ab67c6282. > > Internet, you may stand down. > > I don't know if the devs plan to look at the various 'compromise' > solutions that were suggested, or if the plan is just to stick with > regular old full-on masking. But right now, the status is that we're > back to full-on masking. the classic style: http://goo.gl/NC3FI more modern style: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/show-my-password/ wise style: hurry slowly :) poma -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel