GNU bug report logs - #17839
24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com>

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 17839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com>
Subject: bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:01:46 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> writes:

> Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com> writes:
>
>> Besides, “non-interactive” is a little vague.  It’s obvious that
>> `--batch’ is non-interactive, but is `--script’ as well?  In other
>> languages, e.g. Python or Perl, scripts regularly do interaction,
>> including reading passwords.
>
> Emacs is an editor, not a script language.

An example where cleartext passwords are annoying me for a while is
running the test suite. Use another remote host for Tramp tests, like
this:

# env REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY=/sudo::/tmp make check

> Andreas.

Best regards, Michael.
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