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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Message #41 received at 17839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 17839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com>
Subject: Re: bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in
 non-interactive sessions
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:32:51 -0400

>> 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.

There are all kinds of reasons why the current behavior is "logical",
but indeed, it's not desirable.  Could someone install the obvious patch
in read-passwd to emit a warning (right after the prompt, so the user
will necessarily see it)?

If someone is motivated, I would even accept a patch that turns echo off
temporarily.


        Stefan
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