342387 - Cannot backup certificate without password

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 234776

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect)

Description

[Jean-Baptiste Quenot]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060613 Galeon/2.0.1 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060613 Firefox/1.5.0.4

"Choose a Certificate Backup Password" screen does not allow to backup a certificate without a password.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences

2. Choose Advanced > Security > View Certificates

3. Certificate Manager pops up.  Then choose: Your certificates > (choose one) > Backup

4. Specify file name

5. The "Choose a Certificate Backup Password" screen pops up
Actual Results:  
Impossible to click OK.  Cannot backup the certificate with an empty password.


Expected Results:  
Allow to backup certificate without specifying a password.

Workaround: type any character in "password", the same in "password (again)", then clear both fields.  The OK button is active and you can save the certificate without password.

Comment 1

[Kai Engert (:KaiE:)]

Please see bug 234776 for a discussion, a proposed fix (and a possible workaround).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 234776 ***