[wp-testers] Your mission, should you choose to accept it

[Marcos Sader | marcosmedia]

Ticket ready, http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3534

On 1/6/07, Dave J. (Scoop0901) <scoop0901 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/5/07, Marcos Sader | marcosmedia <m at marcosmedia.com> wrote:
> > There is one thing that needs to be changed since Mingus or before, but
> i
> > always forget to mention it. When you install WordPress the password
> field
> > is set as a text (type="text"), so anyone around me is able to see that
> > password as i type it, even worst, it is remembered by the browser as it
> is
> > part of the form data stored, so it will be auto-populated next time (in
> > plain text).
> >
> > In setup-config.php, the field
> >
> > <td><input name="pwd" type="text" size="25" value="password" /></td>
> >
> > should be replaced with,
> >
> > <td><input name="pwd" type="password" size="25" value="password" /></td>
> >
> > It is not critical, but necessary.
>
> Very much agreed on that point.  I did a few clean installs, as well
> as upgrades on dummy sites, and had that same thought.  I had a note
> to make a similar comment, so thanks for getting it in there quickly,
> Marcos!
>
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