[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1733181] Re: Gksu doesn't automatically focus the password field when run from terminal
[Expired for gksu (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gksu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733181 Title: Gksu doesn't automatically focus the password field when run from terminal Status in gksu package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: OS: Ubuntu 17.10 gksu: 2.0.2-9ubuntu1 If you run: $ gksu echo foo the focus is still on the terminal, and if a user types their password quickly it will be displayed in clear text in the terminal in the background. Moreover, clicking with the mouse on the password field doesn't focus it. A workaround to that is to manually do an +. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/1733181/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1733181] Re: Gksu doesn't automatically focus the password field when run from terminal
gksu is not installed by default since a while, as it is deprecated. The latest update was 25 Dec 2014. pkexec is now used, but change will happen again because of wayland being default. https://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed- by-default ** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gksu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733181 Title: Gksu doesn't automatically focus the password field when run from terminal Status in gksu package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: OS: Ubuntu 17.10 gksu: 2.0.2-9ubuntu1 If you run: $ gksu echo foo the focus is still on the terminal, and if a user types their password quickly it will be displayed in clear text in the terminal in the background. Moreover, clicking with the mouse on the password field doesn't focus it. A workaround to that is to manually do an +. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/1733181/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
