From patchwork Fri Jul 29 22:56:22 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Jim Fehlig X-Patchwork-Id: 9252959 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B8966075F for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B79928434 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 0FCAB2843E; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FB8028434 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bTGjv-0003yB-Ad; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:58:47 +0000 Received: from mail6.bemta6.messagelabs.com ([85.158.143.247]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bTGju-0003y5-38 for xen-devel@lists.xen.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:58:46 +0000 Received: from [85.158.143.35] by server-1.bemta-6.messagelabs.com id 37/77-21406-5AFDB975; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:58:45 +0000 X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrILMWRWlGSWpSXmKPExsXS6fijRnfJ/dn hBm9X61ss+biYxYHR4+ju30wBjFGsmXlJ+RUJrBnL2m4wFkznrtizbwVTA+NWzi5GLg4hgS5G iSeP7rJ2MXJysAkoS7zsvAVmiwhIS1z7fJkRxGYWCJZY+GsTG4gtLGAncXraLGYQm0VAVWLmq +9MIDavgINEy607LCC2hICCxOl3d1kmMHIsYGRYxahenFpUllqka6iXVJSZnlGSm5iZo2toYK aXm1pcnJiempOYVKyXnJ+7iRHoFQYg2MG487nTIUZJDiYlUV6b07PDhfiS8lMqMxKLM+KLSnN Siw8xynBwKEnwHrwHlBMsSk1PrUjLzAGGB0xagoNHSYTXFSTNW1yQmFucmQ6ROsWoKCXOWwiS EABJZJTmwbXBQvISo6yUMC8j0CFCPAWpRbmZJajyrxjFORiVhHk9QKbwZOaVwE1/BbSYCWhxc ewMkMUliQgpqQZGrRyvGKclP90vtDkVXlphfdnR7c/xLtcLHzcey/H5um19ebrCpLQHa6t0n9 ofDWRUOltUmVr7acfTj5NajVQe9D34cfKJqcOn+z+rVtYG2k65XLUuevOO6dflYxYHXGK/YrH qYcfD5rioLdwTA7InL64McKxeLyjCbcBw0z135f4fzF0dFyUuKrEUZyQaajEXFScCAH5KrTNE AgAA X-Env-Sender: jfehlig@suse.com X-Msg-Ref: server-3.tower-21.messagelabs.com!1469833122!25754878!1 X-Originating-IP: [137.65.248.124] X-SpamReason: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests= X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 8.77; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 32547 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2016 22:58:44 -0000 Received: from inet-orm.provo.novell.com (HELO mail.novell.com) (137.65.248.124) by server-3.tower-21.messagelabs.com with DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted SMTP; 29 Jul 2016 22:58:44 -0000 Received: from jfehlig1.provo.novell.com ([137.65.135.33]) by mail.novell.com with ESMTP (NOT encrypted); Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:58:34 -0600 From: Jim Fehlig To: xen-devel@lists.xen.org Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:56:22 -0600 Message-Id: <1469832982-21390-1-git-send-email-jfehlig@suse.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.0.1 Cc: wei.liu2@citrix.com, Jim Fehlig , ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] docs: define semantics of vncpasswd in xl.cfg X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xen.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP A recent discussion around LSN-2016-0001 [1] included defining the sematics of an empty string for a VNC password. It was stated that "libxl interprets an empty password in the caller's configuration to mean that passwordless access should be permitted". The same applies for vncpasswd setting in xl.cfg. This patch extends to xl.cfg documentation to define the semantics of setting vncpasswd to an empty string. Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig Acked-by: Ian Jackson --- docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in index 3bb27d0..48c9c0d 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in @@ -561,7 +561,9 @@ The actual display used can be accessed with C. =item C -Specifies the password for the VNC server. +Specifies the password for the VNC server. If password is set to an +empty string, authentication on the VNC server will be disabled +allowing any user to connect. =item C @@ -1689,7 +1691,9 @@ The actual display used can be accessed with C. =item B -Specifies the password for the VNC server. +Specifies the password for the VNC server. If password is set to an +empty string, authentication on the VNC server will be disabled +allowing any user to connect. =item B