GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 708635
VNC: Remove 8-char password authentication limit
Last modified: 2013-09-23 15:48:15 UTC
1. The password limit is confusing -- with one server that allowed for longer passwords, but only actually cared about the first 8 I didn't even think to trying to log in with the first 8 characters in the GtkEntry because I knew my password was longer. However, after much frustrating web searching I discovered that trying the first 8 characters should work... and it did. (Still I was grumpy). 2. Sometimes some servers actually DO care about more than the first 8 characters (Mac OS X "Screen Sharing"). Ultimately, this 8 character password limit is really silly since it invalidates the entire application for MANY uses. I see that some servers ought to conform to the 8-char spec (out of deference to "correctness"), but it's really a stupid spec. A better change would be to show a GtkLabel a warning in the dialog box when the password exceeds 8 characters, but this change is good for now because it allows many people to actually USE the app! http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865965
Created attachment 255580 [details] [review] VNC: Remove 8-char password authentication limit VNC as a protocol limits passwords to 8 characters; however, many popular VNC servers (e.g. Mac OS X "Screen Sharing") allow passwords longer than 8 characters (they DO care about more than the first 8 characters). This change allows for proper authentication and log in with these kinds of servers.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 652334 ***