Ubuntu
qemu-kvm package

  1. Natty (11.04)
  2. Bug #697197
  3. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 697197

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In , Neil (neil-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Description of problem:

The help for 'vnc_password' in qemu.conf states "An empty string will still enable passwords, but be rejected by QEMU effectively preventing any use of VNC.".

Yet if you set vnc_password="" then you can access the VNC console without any password prompt at all - just as you can if the entry is hashed out.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libvirtd (libvirt) 0.8.3

How reproducible:

Every time by configuration

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a VNC console without a password.
2. Set vnc_password="" in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
3. Start up a guest and access the VNC console with a client.

Actual results:

You get straight into the console with no prompts.

Expected results:

Should have come up with a prompt and rejected the access. Or the instructions in the qemu.conf file need changing to take account of the current behaviour.

Additional info: