Added an illustration on how verifying old password works when changing the library password.
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							| @@ -581,6 +581,18 @@ def set_library_password(storage, libname): | ||||
|                 print("ERROR: Please enter the old password.", | ||||
|                       file=sys.stderr) | ||||
|                 continue | ||||
|             # There is no easy way to verify the old password. | ||||
|             # The verifyLibraryPassword() method does not work when | ||||
|             # the password of the library was verified before. | ||||
|             # The changeLibraryPassword() method always success | ||||
|             # when the old password is the same as the new password. | ||||
|             # So I have to change the password to a temporary password | ||||
|             # to verify the old password, and then change it back. | ||||
|             # This has the risk that if the script crashes between, | ||||
|             # the password is changed, and the users do not know how | ||||
|             # to get back their password-protected library. | ||||
|             # But I suppose the users has the local files as their | ||||
|             # source repository. | ||||
|             tmppass = oldpass + "tmp" | ||||
|             try: | ||||
|                 storage.libs.changeLibraryPassword( | ||||
|   | ||||
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