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| author | Daniel P. Berrangé | 2021-03-11 12:43:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Gerd Hoffmann | 2021-03-15 17:37:44 +0100 |
| commit | c47c0bcb33e154b82b4f6b90984aba998fcc4f18 (patch) | |
| tree | 83dcb08e23fbbc3ef94f8ec34c7021d563d834cb /docs/system | |
| parent | ui: introduce "password-secret" option for SPICE server (diff) | |
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ui: deprecate "password" option for SPICE server
With the new "password-secret" option, there is no reason to use the old
inecure "password" option with -spice, so it can be deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210311114343.439820-4-berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index 5e3a31c123..8cba672a7b 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'. +``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in +the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret`` +option which lets the password be securely provided on the command +line using a ``secret`` object instance. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ |