Bug 296489

Summary:	root password and keyboard test on one screen
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Marco Michna <mmichna>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	E-mail List <yast2-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	openSUSE 10.3
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Found By:	Component Test	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	screenshot

Description Marco Michna 2007-08-01 15:03:40 UTC

On the screen where you have to enter the root password there also is the field to test the keyboard. See attached screenshot.

Comment 1 Marco Michna 2007-08-01 15:04:09 UTC

Created attachment 154885 [details]
screenshot

Comment 2 Ladislav Slezák 2007-08-02 05:13:30 UTC

An what's wrong with it? It's there intentionally to allow testing the current keyboard layout.

Comment 3 Stefan Hundhammer 2007-08-02 09:35:07 UTC

IIRC this was demanded as a feature multiple times.

Most users don't have an en_US keyboard layout. They can never know what characters their keys produce. And if you have a mix-up there, you can never again log in as root. Most users will have to reinstall.

Just think what happens when you think you have a German keyboard and you have either a "Z" or a "Y" in your root password. If you have the wrong keyboard layout at that time, you set a root password that is different from what you think you have. Game over. Reinstall.