Bug 196455

Summary:	kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7-r4 URI-shortening patch breaks kwallet compatibility
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Joshua Pettett <bugs.gentoo.devel>
Component:	[OLD] KDE	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Joshua Pettett 2007-10-19 20:41:46 UTC

The solution to bug #185603 introduced a regression that breaks kwallet compatibility for legitimate authentication URLs with long usernames (e.g. ftp://thisisalongusername@domain.dom).

Remapping username and password for abbreviated URL can be used as a workaround, but kwallet still seems to have problems recognizing it correctly sometimes.  Also wouldn't work in some unusual cases, e.g.:

ftp://longusernameoneforsomeone@domain.dom
ftp://longusernametwoforsomeone@domain.dom

Comment 1 Wulf Krueger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-20 20:22:59 UTC

Please try if this problem persists when using KDE 3.5.8.

Comment 2 Wulf Krueger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-03 16:20:01 UTC

This is fixed in kdelibs-3.5.8-r1.

Comment 3 Joshua Pettett 2008-02-11 20:57:49 UTC

I'm still having this same problem with kdelibs-3.5.8-r3.

Comment 4 Joshua Pettett 2008-02-13 19:32:21 UTC

It also appears that spaces in the username are now automatically URL-encoded, making the original spoof less convincing.  So is username-shortening still needed, or can the patch be dropped?

Comment 5 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-14 23:16:45 UTC

I think this has been reverted with KDE 3.5.9. Please reopen, if I'm wrong.

Comment 6 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-14 23:32:45 UTC

Comment 7 Joshua Pettett 2008-09-15 19:50:52 UTC

Yes, this seems to be working now.