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Bug 550755 - seahorse asks for “Secure Shell Passphrase” when it means “remote host password”
seahorse asks for “Secure Shell Passphrase” when it means “remote host password”
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: seahorse
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.23.x
Other All
: Normal minor
: 2.22.0
Assigned To: Seahorse Maintainer
Seahorse Maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-03 22:54 UTC by Andreas Moog
Modified: 2008-11-11 03:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24

Attachments
String changes, "Secure Shell Passphrase" to "Remote Host Password" and "Passphrase:" to "Password:" (1.04 KB, patch)
2008-09-18 02:33 UTC, Mackenzie Morgan 		rejected Details | Review

Description Andreas Moog 2008-09-03 22:54:16 UTC 
In seahorse, if you select an SSH key, go to Remote → Configure Key for Secure Shell…, and type in a remote host and username, you get prompted with this confusing dialog.

http://web.mit.edu/andersk/Public/seahorse-passphrase-dialog.png

It is actually asking for a password to be sent to the remote host. However, it is easily interpreted as asking for the SSH key passphrase, which should never leave the local machine. This could result in an accidental compromise of the passphrase.

The dialog would be much less confusing if it only asked for one thing. In particular, it should be changed to never mention the word “passphrase”.

Other information:
This was reported on Launchpad:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/257413
Comment 1 Adam Schreiber 2008-09-03 23:52:40 UTC 
We'll have to get on this for 2.26.
Comment 2 Mackenzie Morgan 2008-09-18 02:33:07 UTC 
Created attachment 118917 [details] [review]
String changes, "Secure Shell Passphrase" to "Remote Host Password" and "Passphrase:" to "Password:"

Patch against current trunk attached.
Comment 3 Adam Schreiber 2008-11-11 03:32:59 UTC 
That patch "fixes" the stated bug, but breaks all other passphrase requests.
Comment 4 Adam Schreiber 2008-11-11 03:50:41 UTC 
2008-11-10  Adam Schreiber  <sadam@clemson.edu>

    * ssh/seahorse-ssh-operation.c: Fix upload password prompt.  
    Fixes bug #550755