From 6f803f744d614ce76662e7ae8038a04063abe12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Maksyoma Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:48:59 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] vncpasswd man: update to be current regarding password length --- ...smvncserver-start => kasmvncserver-easy-start} | 0 unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.man | 15 +++++++-------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) rename builder/startup/deb/{kasmvncserver-start => kasmvncserver-easy-start} (100%) diff --git a/builder/startup/deb/kasmvncserver-start b/builder/startup/deb/kasmvncserver-easy-start similarity index 100% rename from builder/startup/deb/kasmvncserver-start rename to builder/startup/deb/kasmvncserver-easy-start diff --git a/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.man b/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.man index dcc6d91..a3d16b7 100644 --- a/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.man +++ b/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.man @@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ $HOME/.kasmpasswd if no password file is specified.) The \fBvncserver\fP script will ask you to add a user the first time you start a VNC desktop. HTTP Basic Authentication will be used to ask for username and password, when you connect. -The password must be at least six characters long (unless the \fB\-f\fR -command-line option is used-- see below), and only the first eight -characters are significant. Note that the stored password is \fBnot\fP -encrypted securely - anyone who has access to this file can trivially find out -the plain-text password, so \fBvncpasswd\fP always sets appropriate permissions -(read and write only by the owner.) However, when accessing a VNC desktop, a -challenge-response mechanism is used over the wire making it hard for anyone to -crack the password simply by snooping on the network. +The password must be at least six characters long (maximum of 128 characters). +Note that the stored password is \fBnot\fP encrypted securely - anyone who has +access to this file can trivially find out the plain-text password, so +\fBvncpasswd\fP always sets appropriate permissions (read and write only by the +owner.) However, when accessing a VNC desktop, a challenge-response mechanism +is used over the wire making it hard for anyone to crack the password simply by +snooping on the network. .SH OPTIONS