Bug 230109

Summary: KDE password dialogs are unusable if EchoMode is set to "ThreeStars"
Product: [Unmaintained] kdelibs Reporter: Florian E.J. Fruth <spammail01>
Component: kdeuiAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
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Description Florian E.J. Fruth 2010-03-09 17:09:43 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Add the following lines to your ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals file:

[Passwords]
EchoMode=ThreeStars

This will render all kde password dialogs unusable, because you can enter a password but nothing happens if you press return or click okay. This can be reproduced with ksshaskpass, okular (crypted pdfs), ...
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-03-09 22:59:25 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 186724 ***