<div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Dan Mashal wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
In the latest Fedora 19 Beta TC2 install after I got through the<br>
initial steps of the install I started to setup my root password.<br>
<br>
To my surprise my password was shown in plain text instead of bullets.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>The obvious workaround is to use a temporary password during installation and on the first boot use passwd to change it (still leaves a small time window of vulnerability though). It is similar to removing pulseaudio upon installation to get the sound working. Surprisingly, Fedora keeps adding these "hidden" steps to complete a sane installation, yet adding a step to educate users about DE choices is still a taboo.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Best,</div><div style>Orcan</div></div></div></div>