[Pidgin] #4922: Pidgin doesn't accept typed in passwords in connect dialog

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#4922: Pidgin doesn't accept typed in passwords in connect dialog
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Reporter:  xybre   |       Owner:  nwalp                                    
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new                                      
Priority:  minor   |   Component:  XMPP                                     
 Version:  2.3.1   |    Keywords:  password, jabber, xmpp, dialog, cleartext
 Pending:  0       |  
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 If I have no password saved in my accounts.xml Pidgin will (rightfully)
 prompt me to enter one. However, at least in the case of XMPP it will not
 transmit the password I type. I confirmed this by enabling debug mode in
 Pidgin and looking at the sent logs as well as enabling full logging on a
 jabber server, and was able to confirm no password was being transmitted.
 I deleted ~/.purple, reinstalled Pidgin and libpurple, and still the
 problem remained. The only way I was able to get password authentication
 over XMPP to work was with the Save Password option.

 This is highly frustrating, since we use encrypted XMPP and LDAP
 authentication and I am (and others are) forced to store our passwords in
 cleartext.

 I am aware of http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords and your
 position on the matter, Just want to be able to use the password dialog
 window since, as you claim, it is more secure, but only when it is
 working.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4922>
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