[Bug 1256085] Re: installer crashes on rescue

[teledyn]

I do disagree -- users should at the very least be TOLD that their
password for their personal device is going to be stored in CLEAR TEXT
in an obscure text file that hangs around after installation.  That is a
very severe security risk, albeit quite apart from the original problem
of the installer failure.

btw, further to the error above, my machine was left in a completely
unrecoverable state after this error, all binaries had been deleted so
there was no possible way to boot the machine, and a subsequent run of
the LiveCD USB did not offer to reinstall but only to wipe the drive
clean and start again.

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Title:
  installer crashes on rescue

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  crash says it cannot remove installation files and gives no option to
  ignore or proceed, but considers the error fatal, the only option is
  to accept the message; received the same message once or twice more
  and then the apport crash reporting.

  part of the bug report asks if I want to include the install log but
  cautions that my PASSWORD will be in it!!!  Is someone smoking crack?
  My password is kept in CLEAR TEXT in a log file??  Isn't that just a
  bit insane?  er ... I mean ... how did this sensitive security
  information manage to be included in an installation log?  That alone
  is a bit of a bug, no?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Thu Nov 28 14:27:59 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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