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Bug 766702 - --ask options prints passwords in cleartext on CLI
--ask options prints passwords in cleartext on CLI
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 759116
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nmcli
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: NetworkManager maintainer(s)
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-05-20 09:04 UTC by alv2412
Modified: 2016-05-20 10:00 UTC
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Description alv2412 2016-05-20 09:04:13 UTC 
When activating a connection with non-saved passwords using the --ask option, the password gets printed in cleartext instead of beeing masked.

Sample:

nmcli --ask connection up CompanyVPN
Password (vpn.secrets.Xauth password): myPassword <= This should not be visible!


Additional info:

nmcli --version
nmcli tool, version 1.0.12-2.fc23
Comment 1 Thomas Haller 2016-05-20 10:00:53 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 759116 ***