301315 - passwords are not shown encrypted

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[vishal]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

previous version of Mozila used to show password in encrypted form. but all new
version of mozilla nad firefox dont do it... the mail problem is that i have
made an Master passwd to avoid being see my passwd by other... but the problem
is that when someone else try to do browsing through it, firefox prompt for the
master psswd again and again...

so i want either passwd should be shown in encrypted form or Master passwd promp
should not be shown if it is cancelled once....
i will prefer if first comes somehow true... tell me if i can do it by changing
 in the script.... 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to option 
2.personal feature
3.show passwd
Actual Results:  
it showed all my passswd as it is

Expected Results:  
i want them in encrypted form

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

*** Bug 301314 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Justin Kerk]

See also bug 259996 comment 22 for a way to disable showing passwords entirely

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

What do you mean by "in encryped form"? What value does the "Show Passwords"
function give if the passwords it shows are encrypted?

Comment 4

[vishal]

(In reply to comment #3)
> What do you mean by "in encryped form"? What value does the "Show Passwords"
> function give if the passwords it shows are encrypted?

I dont wantt them to see... so either they should not come out our they should
be in changed form. In the way linux read its passwrd and stores them

Comment 5

[profwilliamwang]

Alternatively a "view save password" password could be implemented.

I'd like to not have to put in a master password each session but I'd like to keep my passwords safe from someone viewing them and taking them away. A password request at the time of clicking "view save password" would solve this problem for me.

Do I need to start a new bug? Or is this already being considered?

Comment 6

[vishal]

(In reply to comment #5)
>A
> password request at the time of clicking "view save password" would solve this
> problem for me.
>
I will appreciate it most if this can be done, even as an extension.... Just ask the Master Password at the time of "view saved Password"

Comment 7

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

I don't see any value in showing logins with encrypted information. If the master password is protecting them, not having the master password probably just shouldn't display anything.

This other issue noted, about having to click cancel multiple times, it already covered by other bugs and should be addressed in Firefox 3 Alpha 6.