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Bug 762192 - Optional ability to have a password hint
Optional ability to have a password hint
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: login-screen
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-02-17 16:04 UTC by Inactive account
Modified: 2021-07-05 14:44 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Inactive account 2016-02-17 16:04:40 UTC 
I think that it would be really good if like in Windows and Mac (I think) there was an optional feature for a 'password hint' which could be displayed if the user gets the password wrong a certain number of times.

I initially made this feature request here, but thought I should also do so upstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1499883
Comment 1 Inactive account 2018-07-21 13:19:12 UTC 
Is there any progress on this or decision about whether or not it will ever actually happen?
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 14:44:11 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of  gitlab.gnome.org.
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org
which have not seen updates for a longer time (resources are unfortunately
quite limited so not every ticket can get handled).

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