[libvirt] [PATCH] Correct include-password option for domdisplay

Ján Tomko jtomko at redhat.com
Wed Nov 21 17:14:00 UTC 2012


On 11/21/12 17:13, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> On 11/21/2012 05:06 PM, Ján Tomko wrote:
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to put the password before the host
>> (vnc://:passwd@host:port) so that at least some clients (krdc from the
>> few that I've tried) can understand the whole URI?
>>
>> Jan
>>
> 
> TBH, I don't get this URI-styled remote display definitions because I
> don't know what program can use those (universally, not just from
> libvirt, I mean, and I haven't heard about krdc until now) and if there
> is a recommended scheme for that, however this is how the parameter is
> appended for spice connections and unless there is a scheme for that and
> we can say "The previous version was a bug, this is how it should be", I
> don't think we want rick breaking something.  OTOH this is just a virsh
> call, not an API.
> 
> Martin

>From a quick google search it seems like it's used by RealVNC for iOS,
other than that there isn't any recommended URI style. (Maybe just the
generic URI RFC)

It does seem more usable than using the SPICE scheme for VNC to me, but
I'm OK with both.

Jan




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