Bug 386444 - KDE SU freezes when you enter \\ as part of the password
Summary: KDE SU freezes when you enter \\ as part of the password
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kdesu
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Reported: 2017-11-02 00:21 UTC by venryx.1
Modified: 2023-02-18 03:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description venryx.1 2017-11-02 00:21:24 UTC
Title says it all. When using kdesu to run a program as root, and the root password contains two backslashes (\\), the kdesu gui will freeze and never close.
Comment 1 Alexander Mentyu 2018-12-17 14:31:39 UTC
Wrong password bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389049
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2023-01-19 00:19:06 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-03 05:01:26 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-18 03:47:29 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
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Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!