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Bug 666598 - ARD Authentication limited to 8 character passwords
ARD Authentication limited to 8 character passwords
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 652334
Product: vinagre
Classification: Applications
Component: VNC
git master
Other Mac OS
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Assigned To: vinagre-maint
vinagre-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-12-20 16:10 UTC by oss
Modified: 2012-03-23 09:20 UTC
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Attachments
fix proposal to extend pw length to 20 (468 bytes, patch)
2011-12-20 16:10 UTC, oss 		none Details | Review

Description oss 2011-12-20 16:10:40 UTC 
Created attachment 203962 [details] [review]
fix proposal to extend pw length to 20

The dialog that requests authentication credentials when authenticating to Mac OS Lion (ARD authentication) limits the password field length to 8 characters.

Reproduction:
1) Set a >8 characters long password for VNC on an OS X Lion machine.
2) Try connecting using vinagre, enter username and password

Expected:
Login succeeds, VNC view of remote screen shows up.

Actual:
Login fails with error message, since only the first 8 characters of the password were accepted by the dialog.

I'm attaching a patch with a suggestion to increase PW length to 20 there, but even longer ones might be useful.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2012-03-23 09:20:47 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 652334 ***