Bug 230109

Summary:	KDE password dialogs are unusable if EchoMode is set to "ThreeStars"
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Florian E.J. Fruth <spammail01>
Component:	kdeui	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

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 ***