Debian Bug report logs - #916708
python-wicd: misleading error message "Bad password"

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Package: python-wicd; Maintainer for python-wicd is Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>; Source for python-wicd is src:wicd (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:12:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: patch

Found in version wicd/1.7.4+tb2-6

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>:
Bug#916708; Package python-wicd. (Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:12:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>. (Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:12:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: python-wicd: misleading error message "Bad password"
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:08:32 +0100
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Package: python-wicd
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6
Severity: important
Tags: patch

On some wireless network with authentication, I systematically got an
error "Bad password". Thus I spent hours trying to find the problem
related to my password, with the impossibility to find the cause of
this issue.

With the wpasupplicant upgrade last week-end, it made clear that the
issue (solved with this upgrade) was not the password, but the TLS
version.

This error message should be changed to "Authentication failed" (which
covers more issues than just a bad password), or something similar.

Patch attached. (Since this is a translated messages, the .po files
also need to be rebuilt and updated.)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii  net-tools  1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
ii  python     2.7.15-3

python-wicd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-wicd suggests:
ii  ethtool   1:4.19-1
ii  iproute2  4.18.0-2

Versions of packages wicd depends on:
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wicd-daemon                1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on:
ii  python         2.7.15-3
ii  python-glade2  2.24.0-5.1+b1
ii  python-gtk2    2.24.0-5.1+b1
ii  wicd-daemon    1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
ii  menu           2.1.47+b1
ii  policykit-1    0.105-23
ii  python-notify  0.1.1-4

Versions of packages wicd-curses depends on:
ii  python        2.7.15-3
ii  python-urwid  2.0.1-2+b1
ii  wicd-daemon   1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-curses recommends:
ii  sudo  1.8.26-2

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser           3.118
ii  dbus              1.12.12-1
ii  debconf           1.5.69
ii  iputils-ping      3:20180629-2
ii  isc-dhcp-client   4.4.1-2
ii  lsb-base          10.2018112800
ii  psmisc            23.2-1
ii  python            2.7.15-3
ii  python-dbus       1.2.8-2+b2
ii  python-gobject-2  2.28.6-13+b1
ii  wireless-tools    30~pre9-13
ii  wpasupplicant     2:2.6-21

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                     2.33-0.2
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
pn  pm-utils  <none>

-- debconf information:
* wicd/users:
[error-message.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>:
Bug#916708; Package python-wicd. (Sun, 23 Dec 2018 23:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>. (Sun, 23 Dec 2018 23:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: python-wicd: misleading error message "Bad password"
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:37:04 +0100
On 2018-12-17 19:08:32 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On some wireless network with authentication, I systematically got an
> error "Bad password". Thus I spent hours trying to find the problem
> related to my password, with the impossibility to find the cause of
> this issue.
> 
> With the wpasupplicant upgrade last week-end, it made clear that the
> issue (solved with this upgrade) was not the password, but the TLS
> version.
> 
> This error message should be changed to "Authentication failed" (which
> covers more issues than just a bad password), or something similar.

FYI, this error can also occur when the quality of the wifi is
too low, so that one internally gets an early disconnection.
Nothing related to a bad password!

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Reply sent to Debian FTP Masters <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:28:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:28:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Subject: Bug#968033: Removed package(s) from unstable
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:20:20 +0000
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package wicd has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/968033

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
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Bug reopened Request was from Axel Beckert <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:51:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


No longer marked as fixed in versions 1.7.4+tb2-6+rm. Request was from Axel Beckert <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:51:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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