GNU bug report logs - #30190
27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, security

Found in versions 27.0.50, 24.3

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #42 received at 30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30190: 27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 07:40:50 -0500

Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> My feedback is that such a radical solution with so many lines of code
>> is a no-no for the release branch.  Please look for a simpler
>> solution, perhaps don't create a new file?
> A suitable patch for the next release for discussion below:
>

> +;; Stolen from comint.el
> +(defcustom term-password-prompt-regexp

> +  :version "27.1"

I guess this should say "26.1".  Although maybe we should just use
comint-password-prompt-regexp in term.el instead?
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 357 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.