Bug #7827 shows password in user admin even if there is no password
Submitted: 12 Jan 2005 5:10 Modified: 19 Jan 2005 20:28
Reporter: Arjen Lentz Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Administrator Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:1.0.18 OS:Windows (Windows)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[12 Jan 2005 5:10] Arjen Lentz
Description:
In the User Administration, for a user, if no pwd was set up, the "Password" and "Confirm" password fields still contain *******. This is confusing, as it makes it appear as if there WAS a password set up.

How to repeat:
Check user admin for a user that has no pwd configured (check mysql.user table to verify, the password col needs to be completely blank)
[19 Jan 2005 20:28] Michael G. Zinner
Actually, this was especially implemented that way because it is what Windows users expect. It is the same as in the Windows User Management. The problem with showing nothing as no password would it make easy for people who do not have the appropriate privileges to see which user have a password and which do not have one.