Bug 1851220

Summary: Fields for entering root password get grayed out
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Jan Stodola <jstodola>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Vladimír Slávik <vslavik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 8.3CC: jikortus, jkonecny, rvykydal, sbueno, vslavik
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Target Release: 8.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-33.16.3.17-1 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 03:23:52 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Jan Stodola 2020-06-25 19:30:50 UTC 
Description of problem:
It's not possible to enter root password in the Root Password spoke if the spoke was visited previously and the content of the fields was erased.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-8.3.0-20200616.0
anaconda-33.16.3.6-1.el8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start graphical installation.
2. Proceed to the "Root Password" spoke.
3. Enter "a" into the "Root Password" field and delete it (Backspace).
4. Click Done to return to the main hub.
5. Enter the "Root Password" spoke again.
6. Try to set a new password.


Actual results:
Unable to set a new password, because both fields are grayed out .

Expected results:
It's possible to set a new password.
Comment 1 Jan Stodola 2020-06-25 19:33:50 UTC 
Created attachment 1698847 [details]
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Comment 2 Jan Stodola 2020-06-25 19:34:08 UTC 
Created attachment 1698848 [details]
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Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2020-06-25 19:34:31 UTC 
Created attachment 1698849 [details]
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Comment 4 Radek Vykydal 2020-06-26 07:54:16 UTC 
Vladimir, I've messed with this area recently, so giving just a few pointers. The entry is greyed out because root is locked by setting password to "" in
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/bc5b7d4088396a96860145af438f32196d669faf/pyanaconda/modules/users/users.py#L335
which makes the entry insensitive in the UI I guess. In Fedora, where the ui (checkbox) for locking root is exposed
it would be possible to make the entry sensitive by unchecking the Lock checkbox I think but in RHEL, we hide it:
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/bc5b7d4088396a96860145af438f32196d669faf/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/root_password.py#L76
... well, you'll find out and fix up what I've started.
Comment 8 Vladimír Slávik 2020-07-16 14:00:08 UTC 
Fix candidate PR: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2739
Comment 9 Vladimír Slávik 2020-07-16 14:33:56 UTC 
Created attachment 1701407 [details]
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Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 03:23:52 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (anaconda bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:4729