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

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#30190: 27.0.50; term run in line mode shows user passwords
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:27:40 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  30190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  rms <at> gnu.org,  npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:09:22 -0400
> 
> This patch missed 26.1, but perhaps we should consider it for 26.2?

I'm for fixing this in Emacs 26.2, but I still don't think I
understand why the latest patch proposed in the discussion of this bug
needs to "steal" so much from comint.el?

Also, why does term-watch-for-password-prompt need to be invoked via a
hook?
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.