[Bug 1862654] Re: Allow users to display the typed password on boot-up

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: cryptsetup (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Allow users to display the typed password on boot-up

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I had set up full-disk encryption using Ubuntu's installer. One day,
  after rebooting, I could not get my new password accepted. I tried
  again and again. Eventually, I realised that I was typing in the wrong
  keyboard layout.

  I have a feature request: please allow the user to display the
  password. Maybe provide a keyboard shortcut like F1, with the message
  printed to the screen: "press F1 to display the password field".

  This would have saved me so much time and would have enabled me to
  realise what the problem was much sooner.

  Note that there is no way to verify what keyboard layout is active, as
  whatever you type is hidden with asterisks. Even changing to another
  virtual terminal does not let you display what you have typed. This
  makes it even more important to allow the user to see what they had
  typed in the password field if they want to.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: cryptsetup 2:2.0.2-1ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-74.84-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: lkp_Ubuntu_4_15_0_74_84_generic_62 nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Feb 10 17:00:31 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-11 (456 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: cryptsetup
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-74-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset
  crypttab: sda5_crypt UUID=468ac93a-3550-47de-9c97-80fc5e697728 none luks,discard

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