From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60992 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Piq3J-00054w-OA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:15:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Piq3I-0000CB-LB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:15:57 -0500 Received: from adelie.canonical.com ([91.189.90.139]:46822) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Piq3I-0000By-Gz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:15:56 -0500 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by adelie.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71 #1 (Debian)) id 1Piq3G-0002EE-7e for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:15:54 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E992E80AE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:15:50 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:09:16 -0000 From: Neil Wilson Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20110104122142.23014.63077.malonedeb@gandwana.canonical.com> Message-Id: <20110128150917.31813.30032.launchpad@wampee.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 697197] Re: Empty password allows access to VNC in libvirt Reply-To: Bug 697197 <697197@bugs.launchpad.net> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org ** Also affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- = You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697197 Title: Empty password allows access to VNC in libvirt Status in libvirt virtualization API: Unknown Status in QEMU: New Status in qemu-kvm: Unknown Status in =E2=80=9Clibvirt=E2=80=9D package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in =E2=80=9Cqemu-kvm=E2=80=9D package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The help in the /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf states "To allow access without passwords, leave this commented out. An empty string will still enable passwords, but be rejected by QEMU effectively preventing any use of VNC." yet setting: vnc_password=3D"" allows access to the vnc console without any password prompt just as if it is hashed out completely. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: libvirt-bin 0.8.3-1ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-server 2.6.35.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-server x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 4 12:18:35 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64= (20100816.2) ProcEnviron: LANG=3Den_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=3D/bin/bash SourcePackage: libvirt