Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:44:07 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 295428] Installer: root password truncates to 32 characters Message-ID: <bug-295428-8135-nmlN4gryPb@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-295428-8135@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295428 --- Comment #3 from Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org> --- On that last note, pressing Ctrl-u during the input of a password in the dialog, Ctrl-u renders an asterisk, does NOT wipe-out previously-input characters, and so if you, for example, type: abc^u123 Then abc123 is returned, then abc123 is set as the root password, and POLA is then violated in the worst way when the user thinks they can log in with abc^u123 (again, because the user experience was that the ^u keystroke put up an asterisk in the box) but what happens instead is that typing abc^u123 at the login prompt results in passing 123 as the login password. The user is then astonished that when told the password is incorrect. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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