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List:       opensolaris-xen-discuss
Subject:    Re: [xen-discuss] VNC authentication failures to windows HVM
From:       Blake Irvin <irvin () vivisimo ! com>
Date:       2008-03-17 21:12:53
Message-ID: 47DEDED5.70302 () vivisimo ! com
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That worked like a charm.  Enclosing the command in single quotes is a 
much superior method.  Can we put an updated doc on doing a Windows xVM 
up on the main xVM community page on OpenSolaris.org?  I'm sure I'm not 
the only one that wants to virtualize XP :)

many thanks,
Blake

BLAKE IRVIN          
Systems Administrator
irvin@vivisimo.com

Vivisimo [Search Done Right™]
1710 Murray Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
tel: +1.412.422.2499 x153
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Russ Blaine wrote:
> There has been some understandable confusion about svccfg syntax lately.
>
> The syntax I use is to enclose the entire command in single quotes, 
> and the individual parameter in double quotes.
>
> To fix your particular config, you'll need to do this:
>
> % svccfg -s xend 'delprop config/vnc-listen'
> % svccfg -s xend 'setprop config/default-nic = astring: "nge1"'
> % svccfg -s xend 'setprop config/vncpasswd = astring: ""'
>
> Then refresh and restart xend, and you should be good to go.
>
> - Russ
>
> Blake Irvin wrote:
>> Current values - you'll see that I was experimenting with setting a 
>> null password.
>>
>> Some examples enclose the listen and password strings with double 
>> quotes ("), but I got errors trying to do that, so used single quotes 
>> (').
>>
>> Output:
>>
>> -bash-3.2# svccfg -s xend listprop
>> config                              application
>> config/dom0-cpus                    integer  0
>> config/dom0-min-mem                 integer  196
>> config/enable-dump                  boolean  true
>> config/stability                    astring  Unstable
>> config/xend-relocation-address      astring  127.0.0.1
>> config/xend-relocation-hosts-allow  astring  ^localhost$
>> config/xend-relocation-server       boolean  true
>> config/xend-unix-server             boolean  true
>> config/vnc-listen                   astring  \'0.0.0.0\'
>> config/default-nic                  astring  'nge1'
>> config/vncpasswd                    astring  \'\'
>> xenstored                           dependency
>> xenstored/entities                  fmri     svc:/system/xvm/store
>> xenstored/grouping                  astring  require_all
>> xenstored/restart_on                astring  restart
>> xenstored/type                      astring  service
>> general                             framework
>> general/entity_stability            astring  Unstable
>> general/single_instance             boolean  true
>> start                               method
>> start/exec                          astring  "/lib/svc/method/xend %m"
>> start/timeout_seconds               count    0
>> start/type                          astring  method
>> stop                                method
>> stop/exec                           astring  :kill
>> stop/timeout_seconds                count    60
>> stop/type                           astring  method
>> tm_common_name                      template
>> tm_common_name/C                    ustring  "Hypervisor Control Daemon"
>> tm_man_xend                         template
>> tm_man_xend/manpath                 astring  /usr/share/man
>> tm_man_xend/section                 astring  1M
>> tm_man_xend/title                   astring  xend
>>
>> BLAKE IRVIN          Systems Administrator
>> irvin@vivisimo.com
>>
>> Vivisimo [Search Done Right™]
>> 1710 Murray Ave.
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
>> tel: +1.412.422.2499 x153
>> fax: +1.412.422.2495
>> vivisimo.com    clusty.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Russ Blaine wrote:
>>> Can you send the output of 'svccfg -s xend listprop' ?
>>>
>>> If you want the VNC console accessible only from the localhost, you 
>>> should delete the vnc-listen property:
>>>
>>> % svccfg -s xend 'delprop config/vnc-listen'
>>>
>>> You'll then need to refresh and restart xend:
>>>
>>> % svcadm refresh xend; svcadm restart xend
>>>
>>> (this will kill any active HVM domains)
>>>
>>> Blake Irvin wrote:
>>>> I've set xend service properties as follows:
>>>>
>>>> config/vnc-listen astring \'0.0.0.0\'
>>>> config/vncpasswd astring \'vnc\'
>>>> config/default-nic astring 'nge1'
>>>>
>>>> but I get an authentication error whenever I try to connect to the 
>>>> console with
>>>>
>>>> 'vncviewer :0' - I'm on the xvm host itself.
>>>>
>>>> other relevant data:
>>>>
>>>> SunOS xvm0 5.11 snv_83 i86pc i386 i86xpv
>>>>
>>>> What I really want is a way to set a null password for the VNC 
>>>> console if possible, since I don't intend to allow remote 
>>>> connections, but instead will launch them with X over an ssh tunnel.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Blake
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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