17864 - Autofill freezes Mozilla and passwords shown (not *'s)

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[WD]

Overview Description:
The Autofill function seems to freeze up Mozilla for anywhere from 5 - 10
minutes, and also does NOT hide the password entered.   (It's shown as plain
text)

Steps to reproduce:
Go to http://www.slashdot.org
Enter login and password, having Mozilla remember these for use w/ Autofill
Exit Mozilla
Load up Mozilla again   and go to http://www.mozilla.org
Enter Autofill password and hit enter (And then click OK button!)

Actual Results:
Mozilla freezes up for a period of 5 to 10 minutes or so, probably eating up
100% CPU time.  (I don't have Wintop on this particular PC, so I'm not sure)
Pressing Enter after typing in Autofill password does nothing -- you are forced
to click the OK button
Once Mozilla becomes responsive again, the username and password are filled in
automatically, but with one problem:   The password is clearly printed in plain
text!   (No *'s)      (if you click on the password line with the mouse, it
changes to *'s)

Expected Results:
Autofill works quickly with no delays
Pressing Enter has the same effect as clicking OK
The password is masked by *'s

Build Date and Platform:
Mozilla build 1999110208
Windows 98

Additional Information:
This problem has appeared starting a few days ago.

-WD

Comment 1

[Stephen P. Morse]

I assume that the line above that reads:

   and go to http://www.mozilla.org

is a typo and the reporter meant to say:

   and go to http://www.slashdot.org

With that correction, I am unable to duplicate part 1 of this bug report (long
delays).  I do see part 2 however and am investigating.

Very bizarre.  Seems to be happening with other sites as well (I just tried
bugsplat).  Looks like a regression in dialogs.

Comment 2

[WD]

Oops,  yes that URL in the description should be http://www.slashdot.org, not
mozilla.

Also, when I download a new nightly build, I just delete my Mozilla directory
and re-install over it.   Should I be clearing out any registry values, too?
(It does remember my autofill information, even after I delete my Mozilla
directory)

-WD

Comment 3

[Stephen P. Morse]

The signons are remembered in the user profile.  So you can either delete your
entire profile directory.  Or you can selectively delete the following files in
your profile directory:

   *.psw
   *.key
   *.tbl

Or the simplest thing you can do is to use the UI to modify the profile
(edit/wallet/view-signons and delete the saved signon).

Let me know if you are still seeing the long-delay problem because that I am
unable to reproduce.

Comment 4

[Paul MacQuiddy]

If you want to delete your profile information, you would have to delete your
.mozilla directory. It's a good idea to delete this if you're ever having major
problems starting up or crashing or the like.

Regarding your 3 problems:

1. I can't reproduce this at slashdot, it prefills quickly for me after I press
OK. Do you see this at other sites also, or just slashdot?
2. The Enter problem is filed as bug 17569
3. I saw the same thing as you on Nov 02 build, but it seems fixed in Nov. 3
builds - please verify

Comment 5

[Stephen P. Morse]

Correction.  I just realized that there are three parts to your bug report and
not two (thanks to paulac's message).  When I said above that I see part 2 and I
called it very bizarre, I was referring to part 3 instead (the password coming
out in clear text instead of asterisks).

Comment 6

[Stephen P. Morse]

Yep, paulmac's right -- whatever the problem was for part 3, it is now fixed in
this morning's tree.  So I am closing out the report as works-for-me.

Part 2 is already covered in another bug report as paulmac mentioned.  That just
leaves part 1.  If you are still seeing the long delay, then please reopen this
report (or file a separate report on that problem) and I'll investigate further.

Comment 7

[WD]

I deleted my c:\users50 directory, and it works fine now.
(I had never noticed that directory before. . . )

-WD

Comment 8

[Paul MacQuiddy]

verified worksforme with nov 03 build on win98

Comment 9

[Stephen P. Morse]

*** Bug 17860 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***