Bug report #8902

DB connection credentials on tooltips

Added by Paolo Cavallini about 11 years ago. Updated about 11 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:GUI
Affected QGIS version:2.0.1 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed/implemented
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:17580

Description

Showing DB credentials on the tooltip on mouse over the legend seems an useless
security flaw (e.g. these can accidentally be shown during a demo, etc.).
Better hiding them, leaving other connections parameters visible for debugging.

46.png (40.6 KB) Giovanni Manghi, 2013-10-18 03:17 AM

History

#1 Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Do you have an example? The password should not appear in the tooltip.

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 11 years ago

In fact on master does not seems to happen anymore. See attached image.

#3 Updated by Paolo Cavallini about 11 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed/implemented
  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed

Right, sorry for the noise.

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