Public bug reported:
[Impact]
Currently, while the root cause of the notorious bug LP: #1875062 is
still not entirely known, certain affected users can type in an
unexpected password during installation with no means to check what was
actually typed in. As a semi-workaround, in jammy we have added a
'feature' to be able to temporarily show the typed in passwords for both
the GTK and KDE frontends. This way users can at least double-check if
the password they typed in is what was expected.
I think it's important to get this semi-workaround for 20.04.4, even
though it's more of a feature than a bugfix. This way at least users
have *some* means of protecting themselves. Even without this, this is a
feature that is worth having.
Note to SRU members: this is essentially an UI-changing request, so it
might require an ACK from the documentation teams (might need updating
some installer screenshots?). So I'd understand if there is a pushback
on this. However, I still think this is a feature really nice to have
for .4
[Test Case]
Repeat for both Ubuntu and Kubuntu desktop:
* Download latest -proposed daily image
* Proceed with installation normally
* In partition layout, select LVM with encryption, make sure it's possible to
unhide and hide the encryption password
* Further down the road, on the user configuration screen, make sure it's
possible to unhide and hide the user password
[Regression Potential]
No core logic is touched, so most probable regressions are around the UI
aspect of the installer. It's possible that due to an error the GTK or
KDE UIs for password input will be corrupted, or logic with button press
somehow messed up.
It's good to double check if password verification still works as before
the change - though please note that I saw that the KDE frontend seems
to be missing some icons for 'correct/incorrect password' in the LVM
encrypted partition password selection even before the change.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)
Status: Invalid
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Invalid
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Focal)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-20.04.4
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-installer/ubiquity/+git/ubiquity/+merge/415243
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Backport feature to show hidden passwords
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