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