Bug 863351 - RFE: kill stale VNC clients from within anaconda
Summary: RFE: kill stale VNC clients from within anaconda
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Cantrell
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-05 08:05 UTC by Alexander Todorov
Modified: 2013-01-10 02:23 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-10-05 17:32:46 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Alexander Todorov 2012-10-05 08:05:37 UTC
На  3.10.2012 18:02, Peter Jones написа:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:33:17PM +0300, Alexander Todorov wrote:
>> >  Hi guys,
>> >  I'm running an install via VNC (on RHEL5) and my Internet connection
>> >  dropped halfway through. When I try to connect again vncclient tells
>> >  me that there is already an active connection.
>> >  
>> >  This is a virtual guest so I'm able to get to tty2 after connection
>> >  was established again. So my question is:
>> >  
>> >  Is there any way I can kill the client connection, from inside
>> >  anaconda environment without killing Xvnc and anaconda? I don't want
>> >  to start over.
> There's really no good way to do this right now.  It'd be a good thing
> to RFE for a later release.

Comment 1 Jesse Keating 2012-10-05 17:32:46 UTC
We don't limit you to just one VNC connection any more, so I don't see how this is necessary.  Just connect again and you'll be fine.

If you're worried about the security impact of that, use a vnc password.


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