GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 522476
refuses passwords > 8 chars
Last modified: 2018-09-09 06:48:38 UTC
Please describe the problem: Vinagre 0.3 refuses further password input after 8 chars. Steps to reproduce: 1. Launch vinagre (on Fedora 8). 2. Enter ip-address or hostname of a vnc server that has a password longer than 8 chars. 3. Try to enter password. Vinagre will accept the first 8 chars, then beep an refuse any further char and consequently can't connect to the server. Actual results: Vinagre accepts the first 8 chars of the password an then starts beeping on every attempt to enter more chars. Expected results: I'd expect vinagre to accept longer passwords, as other vnc clients do. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: This bug might already have been fixed. I'm using vinagre 0.3 on Fedora 8, so it's not the latest version. I tried to check wether someone already reported this problem and wether it has been resolved, but failed. I apologize for the inconvenience if this was already imported.
Hi. Thanks for your bug report. The RFB protocol (aka VNC) limits the password size to 8 chars. Some servers/clients are not compatible with the specification, by allowing more than 8 chars for the password. So, I'm closing this as 'not a bug'. Please, file a bug against your VNC server, asking it to be RFB compatible, by not breaking the specification.
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