Comment 9 for bug 55159
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| Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote Re: [Bug 55159] Re: usplash prevents passwords from being not echoed on the console | #9 |
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Saïvann Carignan <email address hidden> writes:
> The attached patch reverses last changes uploaded with cryptsetup
> 1.0.6-6ubuntu1 and break usplash again. This is a temporary workaround
> to patch the security issue until a fix which safely permits the use of
> usplash is developed.
Well, it does not really reverse any of the changes of the last upload,
but merely re-adds the command to quit usplash just before asking for a
passphrase.
Btw, perhaps the problem is rather in askpass.c. If that is the place,
askpass.c should rather be fixed though.
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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4