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Bug 1223845

Summary:	register-ds-admin.pl script prints clear text password in the terminal
Product:	Red Hat Directory Server	Reporter:	Sankar Ramalingam <sramling>
Component:	Admin	Assignee:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Viktor Ashirov <vashirov>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	10.0	CC:	nhosoi
Target Milestone:	DS10.0
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	389-admin-1.1.41-1.el7dsrv	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-06-12 01:04:38 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Sankar Ramalingam 2015-05-21 14:25:49 UTC

Description of problem: When trying to register a new instance remotely, I observed that it prints the password on the terminal.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 389-admin-1.1.40-1.el7dsrv.x86_64


How reproducible: Consistently


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install directory server 10.0 packages on RHEL7.1 machine.
2. Run register-ds-admin.pl script to register an existing instance to a remote admin server.
3. Choose "y" when it asks whether you want to register remote server with the local configuration server.

Enter Remote hostname: cloud-qe-22.idmqe.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
Enter Remote port: 1189
Enter Remote bind DN: "cn=Directory Manager"
Enter Remote bind password: Secret123

Actual results: Clear text password on the command line.


Expected results: Password shouldn't be visible.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Noriko Hosoi 2015-05-27 06:04:20 UTC

Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/48186

Comment 3 Sankar Ramalingam 2015-06-01 17:59:35 UTC

Enter Remote port: 1222
Enter Remote bind DN: cn=Directory Manager
Enter Remote bind password:
If using SSL, enter certificate db directory: 


Password not printed in the command line. Hence, marking the bug as Verified.

Build tested:
389-admin-1.1.41-1

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-12 01:04:38 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, 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-2015:1094