Re: 3g Modem pin entry in the clear

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 16:29 +0200, Klaus Lichtenwalder wrote:
> Am 24.07.2010 20:36, schrieb Klaus Lichtenwalder:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just wondering, when I plug my 3g USB modem, NetworkManager
> > (ModemManager?) asks for the pin to unlock the sim card. No problem with
> > that, except that it shows the pin entered. Shouldn't that be more like
> > a password entry? I also can enter the pin in the network config for
> > that connection, where it is properly hidden (in gnome-keyring), but
> > this entry is obviously not used. Am I doing something wrong here?
> >
> >   
> 
> Ok,
> I did some digging, and found that the behavior is specified in a glade
> specification. For my usage it looks like the attached patch works.

We do want a "Show password" checkbox though just in case you need to
check that you PIN is right before you hit OK :)  Which I've added and
pushed to 0.8.x and master.  Thanks for the poke to get this done.

Dan


> 
> 
> Klaus
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