Description of problem: Apparently, xend forgets pvfb configuration on restart, and upstream silently fixed that by storing it in xenstore rather than the device object (xen-unstable.hg changeset 13076). How reproducible: In theory, always. In practice, haven't tried. I just want to get it on the books before the Christmas break. Actual results: Not eintirely obvious. I'm guessing that save domain, restart xend, restore domain will fail to bring the pvfb up.
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The bug is real, but it affects only vncpasswd. However, forgetting that on xend restart is a security bug.
Patch has been reviewed and committed to the rhel-5-1-hybrid-merge branch, where it is now awaiting to be merged into the trunk.
Built into dist-5E-qu-candidate as xen-3.0.3-27.el5 * Thu Jun 14 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange> - 3.0.3-27.el5 - Save vncpasswd in xenstore along with the other pvfb configuration (rhbz#220494)
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2007-0635.html