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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2021-03-17 13:38:15 +0000
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2021-03-17 13:38:15 +0000
commit25a77510432813c3ee9b80f56b8470a52f00c884 (patch)
treecd7a0fa1019a399ead303d8f84c9081e458125ac /docs
parentff81439aafac58887b18032acd18a117f534cd75 (diff)
parentad7f2f8ee9fbded410fbf77158b0065f8e2f08e3 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/kraxel/tags/ui-20210316-pull-request' into staging
vnc+spice: password-secret option. bugfixes for cocoa, vnc, opengl. # gpg: Signature made Tue 16 Mar 2021 05:37:58 GMT # gpg: using RSA key A0328CFFB93A17A79901FE7D4CB6D8EED3E87138 # gpg: Good signature from "Gerd Hoffmann (work) <kraxel@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Gerd Hoffmann (private) <kraxel@gmail.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: A032 8CFF B93A 17A7 9901 FE7D 4CB6 D8EE D3E8 7138 * remotes/kraxel/tags/ui-20210316-pull-request: ui/cocoa: Comment about modifier key input quirks ui: fold qemu_alloc_display in only caller ui: honour the actual guest display dimensions without rounding ui: use client width/height in WMVi message ui: avoid sending framebuffer updates outside client desktop bounds ui: add more trace points for VNC client/server messages ui/cocoa: Do not exit immediately after shutdown opengl: Do not convert format with glTexImage2D on OpenGL ES ui: deprecate "password" option for SPICE server ui: introduce "password-secret" option for SPICE server ui: introduce "password-secret" option for VNC servers Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix
the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should
be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'.
+``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in
+the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret``
+option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
+line using a ``secret`` object instance.
+
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
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