Bug 582536

We are definitely not going to do (b).

*** Bug 588648 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

We've gotten suggestions in the past to add some sort of input field to the keyboard layout selection screen to allow testing the layout.  That seems to me to be a good way to accomplish this.

Chris, if you read bug 571900 comment 24 you will see that a layout can be broken in such a way, that some key works (ýáíéú) and some don't (ěščřž). Text field for testing layout will not help me in this case unless I test every key available on the keyboard. Therefore it doesn't really help and "show password" would be much better and a much safer option. It is essential that I know the exact password to my system.

You can argue that I can use the input field and type the intended password there. But that's several screens back (is it even possible to go back there?). As stated in comment 1, caps-lock and other key modifiers may also influence the inputted text. Another reason for showing it on demand. So what's the real reason for not providing "show password" option? I don't understand it.

Still an issue in anaconda 15.20.1. It is customary to provide user an option to show the password on demand and anaconda should be no different. Disk encryption password is a very important field, filling it wrong without knowing is really inconvenient (one must repeat the whole installation process).

*** Bug 681199 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Bumping this bug.

This is a major problem on RHEL6 with European Keyboards of Different Kinds (AZERTY, QWERTZ and QWERTY and makes) on laptops and desktops working on the RHEL6 console via a KVM (which may or may not translate) and encrypted partitions and/or root password (as needed by linux rescue) formed by a complex string.

Actually, not only Anaconda but the linux rescue system should have an option to unhide passwords.

Chris Lumens says:

>>We are definitely not going to do (b).

I respectfully suggest that is actually the correct solution. 

Worrying about shoulder-surfing while working on the Linux console should not be a large risk consideration.

Related: Bruce Schneier "The Problem with Password Masking" 
  http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/06/the_problem_wit_2.html

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Let's reopen and move this to Rawhide to make sure this is taken into account in the new Anaconda UI.

Should be better in newui.

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Hey, it's the password masking controversy, 2010/2011 edition!

Anyhoo, F19 anaconda has a keyboard layout indicator displayed on the interface at all times, which should substantially improve things here. So I think we can reasonably close this.