[kde-linux] Kopete and saving passwords.

[david]

sc wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:15, Dale wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use Kopete to do my Yahoo instant messaging.  For some time
>> now when I close Kopete or log out of KDE, the password gets
>> messed up and I have to reenter the password.  I notice that
>> it adds extra characters to the password.  It is the little
>> bullet things but there is more of them than is in my
>> password.
>>
>> Is there a fix for this?  Is this a bug?  A wrong setting on
>> my system maybe?
> 
> every password edit control worth a toot re-shows the same
> number of "little bullet things" for every password, so
> prying eyes can't learn *anything* about your password, not
> even its length

Hmmm, perhaps the OP is saying that the password that Kopete 3.5.8 is 
remembering and putting in the password field doesn't WORK when he or 
she tries to connect?

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David
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