Re: [mapguide-users] password fields is shown as being empty... when it isnt.

2012-09-11 Thread Jackie Ng
I like this idea of putting a fake password. I'll see what can be done. - Jackie -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/password-fields-is-shown-as-being-empty-when-it-isnt-tp5001084p5001095.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: [mapguide-users] password fields is shown as being empty... when it isnt.

2012-09-11 Thread Birgir
I agree, having the password field in the xml in plaintext would be a very bad solution. It would just be nice to have an indication in the UI that the password field isn't empty. Like many applications that always show 10-12 stars in the password field even though your password only contains 4 or

Re: [mapguide-users] password fields is shown as being empty... when it isnt.

2012-09-11 Thread Jackie Ng
This is a by-design decision made for security purposes in the latest Maestro beta and stable releases. Because if we can populate a password field in the UI, it means the password has been stored plaintext in the Feature Source XML, which is *bad* because under default security settings, users un

Re: [mapguide-users] password fields is shown as being empty... when it isnt.

2012-09-11 Thread Birgir
I could create a ticket, if this is something that should/could be done.. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/password-fields-is-shown-as-being-empty-when-it-isnt-tp5001084p5001085.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

[mapguide-users] password fields is shown as being empty... when it isnt.

2012-09-11 Thread Birgir
Hi, I have a few SQL feature sources, and when I open one of those feature sources the password field is empty. I can see when I test the connection that everything works, so the password is stored but is it possible to add some stars showing that the password field isn't empty? Seeing this field e