Bug #63499 | Login dialog constantly pops up | ||
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Submitted: | 30 Nov 2011 7:08 | Modified: | 23 Dec 2011 21:00 |
Reporter: | a b | Email Updates: | |
Status: | Closed | Impact on me: | |
Category: | MySQL Workbench | Severity: | S2 (Serious) |
Version: | OS: | Windows | |
Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any |
[30 Nov 2011 7:08]
a b
[10 Dec 2011 14:41]
Valeriy Kravchuk
What exact version of Workbench, 5.2.x, do you use?
[11 Dec 2011 7:17]
a b
I have recently upgraded to 5.2.36 rev 8542, and the problem persists, although the frequency appears to have changed slightly. I'll admit I am significantly more bothered by the fact that it pops up as "always on top" and cannot be dismissed for more than a few minutes without shutting down the whole program, then merely by the fact that it pops up. Workbench is not the only program I use at a given time, yet it constantly demands attention even when it's not doing anything useful, or at all. If I could at least minimize the pop-up, that would be helpful too.
[12 Dec 2011 23:17]
MySQL Verification Team
I couldn't repeat on Windows 7 64-bit, waiting more than 1 hour. Maybe there is a specific configuration which allows to repeat.
[13 Dec 2011 7:07]
a b
Are you sure you tried without saving your password in the "vault"? It could also be forced connection timeout on the server. I don't mind if the connection is lost and I have to input the password again the next query. I do mind if the pop up appears over other programs while the workbench is idle. This issue has made the Workbench unusable for me. In the mean time, I've been using the old Query Browser, which works perfectly fine, aside from a few minor flaws.
[13 Dec 2011 13:33]
Mike Lischke
I cannot repeat the frequent popups, no idea where this comes from. However, the behavior of the dialog to stay above all applications is really annoying, so I fixed this for the next release. A side note about security: the password vault on Windows is as safe as you can get it. Only the user who created it can decrypt it, so not even opening it with another account (let alone copying it to another machine) would allow to access the passwords. The encryption is done using Windows APIs, so that should be safe.
[13 Dec 2011 13:56]
a b
I'm glad at least the pop up will be opened in the background, so I will at least be able to use Workbench starting with the next version. A suggestion for recreating the idle-time pop-up: Try connecting to a remote database, then unplugging the Ethernet cable. See if this causes the pop-up to appear. Alternately, try to force the SQL to return "server has gone away" using any method you prefer. As for the Windows API vault, I wouldn't trust it as far as I can throw it. I keep my passwords in an AES-encrypted file that is protected with a very long master password.
[23 Dec 2011 21:00]
Philip Olson
Fixed as of 5.2.37: The password prompt dialog is no longer the topmost window over all open applications on a system, but now it's only the topmost Workbench window.