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gstm package

gaskpass truncates long prompt

Bug #276529 reported by Trochee on 2008-09-30

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gstm (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Ryan Niebur

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gstm

gaskpass truncates long prompt strings

Related bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276525

On my Hardy install, the following is missing the (goofy) hostname:

gaskpass "Allow connection to <email address hidden>"

the attached capture shows what the dialog box looks like on my screen.

This results in users getting a confusing prompt (missing the most important piece of information!).

Related branches

lp:debian/squeeze/gstm

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Trochee (trochee) wrote on 2008-09-30:

Screenshot-Enter password.png Edit (8.5 KiB, image/png)

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Ryan Niebur (ryan52) wrote on 2008-11-22:

Okay, I will fix this.

Thanks for the bug report,
Ryan

Changed in gstm:
assignee:	nobody → ryan52
status:	New → In Progress

Nathan Handler (nhandler) on 2008-11-22

Changed in gstm:
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-11-24:

This bug was fixed in the package gstm - 1.2-7

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gstm (1.2-7) unstable; urgency=low

  * Remove gaskpass. gaskpass is just another ssh askpass program, and
    doesn't do anything special. It does not grab focus, which means
    that key loggers can listen in on what you type, aiui. Seeing as how
    it is just reinventing the wheel, I see no reason to keep it around.
    (Fixes LP: #276530, #276517, #276525, #276529, #276534)
  * Do not explicitly set the ssh timeout, as that causes problems on
    slow networks. (Fixes LP: #293240)

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