Comment 3 for bug 141032

This bug also seems to be present in 8.04 Hardy:

Systems-> Preferences-> Remote Desktop
x Ask for confirmation
x Require password
password: ...
close

attempt connection using vncviewer:
enter password
..."authentication failed"

This workaround has worked for me:

- gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled false
- gconf-editor
  - paste encode password from: http://www.javazoom.net/services/base64/base64.jsp
- or use:
  - gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password <encode_pwd>
- or use:
  - System-> preferences-> Remote Desktop
  - set pwd as desired...
- manual text edit of %gconf.xml does not seem to work!
- gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true
- verify .gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml

It appears that the Gnome Remote Desktop config UI does not save the password unless the vino service if first stopped and then restarted. You may have to wait a bit between stop/edit/start operations ??