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[Karl-Philipp Richter <krichter722@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When an application offers to include additional file which require
permissions for transmission and there're multiple sudoers, the command
line dialog prompt for a numerical choice and the password. While it
waits for input it prints annoying dots into the input prompts, see the
example output for details:

    $ ubuntu-bug dovecot-core

    *** Collecting problem information

    The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the
    application. This might take a few minutes.
    ..............
    *** The output of dovecot -n may help developers diagnose your bug more quickly, however, it may contain sensitive information. Do you want to include it in your bug report?


    What would you like to do? Your options are:
      Y: Yes
      N: No
      C: Cancel
    Please choose (Y/N/C): Y
    .==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ===
    Authentication is needed to run `/usr/sbin/dovecot' as the super user
    Multiple identities can be used for authentication:
     1.  sudoer1
     2.  sudoer2
    Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): ......1...
    Password: ...
    Password: ......
    ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
    ........

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: apport 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jun  7 16:25:29 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (47 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (43 days ago)

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462756

Title:
  apport command line dialog prints dots while waiting for input of
  sudoer choise and password

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When an application offers to include additional file which require
  permissions for transmission and there're multiple sudoers, the
  command line dialog prompt for a numerical choice and the password.
  While it waits for input it prints annoying dots into the input
  prompts, see the example output for details:

      $ ubuntu-bug dovecot-core

      *** Collecting problem information

      The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the
      application. This might take a few minutes.
      ..............
      *** The output of dovecot -n may help developers diagnose your bug more quickly, however, it may contain sensitive information. Do you want to include it in your bug report?

  
      What would you like to do? Your options are:
        Y: Yes
        N: No
        C: Cancel
      Please choose (Y/N/C): Y
      .==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ===
      Authentication is needed to run `/usr/sbin/dovecot' as the super user
      Multiple identities can be used for authentication:
       1.  sudoer1
       2.  sudoer2
      Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): ......1...
      Password: ...
      Password: ......
      ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
      ........

      *** Send problem report to the developers?

      After the problem report has been sent, please fill out the form in the
      automatically opened web browser.

      What would you like to do? Your options are:
        S: Send report (3.1 MB)
        V: View report
        K: Keep report file for sending later or copying to somewhere else
        I: Cancel and ignore future crashes of this program version
        C: Cancel
      Please choose (S/V/K/I/C):

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: apport 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc6-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jun  7 16:25:29 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (47 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (43 days ago)

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