ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 11:03:26AM +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 04:47:38PM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> > > >> 4) you will be able to switch developer mode on/off in the
> > > >> system-settings in a sub page of the "about this device" section [1].

> > > >> the first bit (1) is already implemented but will need some extension to
> > > >> actually set a specific password (i.e. ubuntu-device-flash
> > > >> --developer-mode --password="mynewpw")

> > > > I assume with this you cannot change the password after the fact
> > > > without wiping the user data on the device?

> > > Sure, you enable a password/PIN on the lock screen.

> > I may be misunderstanding; does this imply that one must enable
> > password-based unlock on the screen in order to have password-based sudo
> > over adb?  I would not like to have to password unlock my phone for each
> > use, but would like sudo to work - the two use cases are obviously (to me)
> > not equivalent.

> for RTM only password or number-combination based unlocking will be
> available (no "pattern-drawing" or the like which could not be
> represented by a password in the password file) ... so for both these
> cases we will be using the normal password DB and your sudo pw will be
> the same as the UI PW/number-combo.

For the record, there's no reason that an Android-style pattern-drawing
unlock would be represented as anything other than a PIN on the backend.

I understand that for RTM we may be short on time to implement anything
else, but I strongly believe that PINs should be distinct from passwords
that give you root access.

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