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List:       opensuse-autoinstall
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] VNC password setting for autoyast
From:       Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint () suse ! de>
Date:       2007-01-31 11:17:12
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.63.0701311214080.10555 () ligeti ! suse ! de
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Lee Mayes wrote:

> Ian Grant wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Having recently resurrected my info file using the kernel parameter
> > info=file:///info I get prompted (by linuxrc?) to enter a VNC password.
> > The info file on the initrd has this:
> >
> > install: ...
> > autoyast: ...
> > loghost: ....
> > vnc: 1
> > vncpassword: thepassword
> >
> > And in addition the kernel command line includes:
> >
> > append initrd=initrd splash=silent showopts
> >     install=... autoyast= ... vnc=1
> >     vncpassword=thepassword info=file:///info
> >
> > (without the line-breaks of course.)
> >
> > Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
> >   
> Hi Ian,
> 
>  I guess it's a new rule with 10.2. I can reproduce this, but only if the VNC
> password I chose is less than 8 characters.  I don't recall this password
> checking before.

Yes, there was a bug about this. I was asked to change the check from > 5 to
8 chars. Meanwhile I doubt that's justified and it will be likely > 6 (which
seems to be the correct limit) in 10.3.


Steffen
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