Bug 990883 – No error messages show when input wrong spice password

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Bug 990883 - No error messages show when input wrong spice password

Summary:	No error messages show when input wrong spice password

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	virt-viewer (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.5
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Daniel Berrange
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks:	990888
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Reported:	2013-08-01 03:14 EDT by tingting zheng
Modified:	2013-11-21 03:11 EST (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

See Also:
Fixed In Version:	virt-viewer-0.5.6-7
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Enter invalid password for a Spice session. Consequence: No error dialog is shown. Fix: Handle authentication failure Result: Show an error dialog if Spice password is invalid
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Clones:	990888 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 03:11:44 EST
Type:	Bug
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1578	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:39:50 EST

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Description tingting zheng 2013-08-01 03:14:42 EDT

Description
No error messages show when input wrong spice password

Version:
virt-viewer-0.5.6-6.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Prepare a spice guest,set password for spice.

2.Use virt-viewer to connect the guest.
# virt-viewer $guest

3.Input a wrong or blank password in the "Authentication" box,then press "OK".

4.No error messages show.

5.No such issue for vnc guest,when input wrong password,it will pop out error messages:
"Unable to authenticate with remote desktop server at 127.0.0.1:5902: Authentication failed,Retry connection again?"

Actual results：
No error messages show when input the wrong spice password.

Expected results:
Error messages show when input the wrong password for spice guests as vnc guests.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Marc-Andre Lureau 2013-08-02 10:56:25 EDT

I sent a patch to ML:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2013-August/msg00006.html

Comment 4 tingting zheng 2013-08-21 02:43:34 EDT

Tested with:
virt-viewer-0.5.6-7.el6.x86_64

Steps:
1.Prepare a spice guest,set password for spice.

2.Use virt-viewer to connect the guest.
# virt-viewer $guest

3.Input a wrong or blank password in the "Authentication" box,then press "OK".
error shows:
Unable to authenticate with remote desktop server: invalid password

4.Press "OK",then the "Authentication" box shows again until you put the correct password or choose "Cancel".

Refer to the above comments,move the bug to VERIFIED.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 03:11:44 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1578.html

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