Description of problem: When setting VNC password longer than 8 characters, VNC authentication only check first 8 characters when connection. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel: 2.6.18-227.el5 kvm version: kvm-83-206.el5 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start guest with -vnc :port,password. 2. Go to qemu-monitor, input "change vnc password". 3. Set your password to '1234567890'. 4. Use vnc client to connect the guest. 5. Input '12345678' as password in vnc client. Actual results: vnc client connect to guest successfully. Expected results: vnc client could not connect to guest. 'Authentication failed' is displayed. Additional info: Input '1234567' (first 7 characters) as password in vnc client, then 'Authentication failed' is displayed. qemu command line: qemu-kvm -name 'vm1' -monitor /dev/tty -serial unix:'/tmp/serial-20101025-181459-zb56',server,nowait -drive file='/usr/autotest/client/tests/kvm/images/RHEL-Server-5.5-64-virtio.qcow2',index=0,if=virtio,media=disk,cache=none,boot=on,format=qcow2 -net nic,vlan=0,model=rtl8139,macaddr='02:8F:A8:D8:2c:85' -net tap,vlan=0,ifname='rtl8139_0_8000',script='/usr/autotest/client/tests/kvm/scripts/qemu-ifup-switch',downscript='no' -m 2048 -smp 2 -cpu qemu64 -soundhw ac97 -vnc :0,password -rtc-td-hack -M rhel5.5.0 -usbdevice tablet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection
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