[Bug 1449804] [NEW] Kleopatra "Enter Passphrase" ambiguous

themusicgod1 1449804 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Apr 29 00:37:59 UTC 2015


Public bug reported:

When creating a new key with "new certificate" in kleopatra, there are
two possible interpretations of the "Enter Passphrase" window.

1)  based on the behaviour of other programs, it might be a password
field to unlock the user who's running kleopatra itself.  Especially
given that you can't type anything else, it makes sense that the user
needs, in order to tie the key being created to her account, that they
would need to enter their password(ie not the password for the key).

2)   It could be asking to enter in a password for the key itself (this
is, in fact what it does).

This ambiguity could be resolved by clarifying the text of the window
(right now it says:

"Enter Passphrase: 
Enter Passphrase"

it could say something more specific

"Enter Passphrase: 
Enter the desired Passphrase for this certificate"

which would be enough of a clue for users to know that it's the *key*
password not the *user* password that they need to type in.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: kleopatra 4:4.14.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 28 20:29:58 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
SourcePackage: kdepim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 vivid

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