[pve-devel] Execute monitor command from remote?

[Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG]

Am 03.06.2014 05:46, schrieb Dietmar Maurer:
>>> Also, It seems quite easy to support multiple auth. The server just
>>> needs to send all supported auth modes in
>>>
>>>   ui/vnc.c method protocol_version()
>>>
>>> something like:
>>>
>>>     } else {
>>>          VNC_DEBUG("Telling client we support auth %d\n", vs->auth);
>>>          vnc_write_u8(vs, 2); /* num auth */
>>>          vnc_write_u8(vs, vs->auth);
>>>          vnc_write_u8(vs, VNC_AUTH_VNC);
>>>          vnc_read_when(vs, protocol_client_auth, 1);
>>>          vnc_flush(vs);
>>>      }
>>>
>>> requires further modifications in protocol_client_auth() ...
>>>
>>
>> Might be possible do you want to hardcode mode VNC_AUTH_VNC as a second
>> mode? So the first is configurable and the second hardcoded?
> 
> Yes, I thought about that - it is done the same way with vencrypt subauth.
> 

OK - but which advantage do we get beside we need to care about another
patch while upgrading qemu versions?

I mean we have to execute a monitor command anyway to set a password -
what is the advantage of this qemu hack?

Stefan