Source: dbconfig-common Severity: normal Hi,
I'm installing db-common for the first time, so I'm not familiar with its configuration or even what is its purpose (installing as a dependency). During installation, I'm presented with a debconf prompt, which says: "By default […] These passwords will be stored in debconf's configuration database only for as long as they are needed. This behavior can be disabled, in which case the passwords will remain in the debconf database […] though this is less secure and thus not the default setting.". Then the prompt follows: "Keep "administrative" database passwords? Yes/No". This is very confusing. The prompt talks about default setting vs. non-default, but then follows with a 'yes/no'. Is yes the default? or No? The prompt is also confusing as it asks about "keeping" the passwords, but the initial explanation says that both options keep the password, just for different amounts of time. I would suggest asking "keep passwords in debconf (unsecure) yes/no" or something similar. regards, iustin -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.15-ruru0 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
