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From: unobe@cpan.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] cmd/vnc: enable connecting to recent Darwin releases (patch)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:55:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0B21F9DE70C9BFFCF749D4A7D26ED3@smtp.pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6828A0FC2EC9610DE01734E433618AE8@9lab.org>

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Quoth igor@9lab.org:
> Vnc connections to recent Darwin releases fail as follows:
> 
>   % vncv steve.9lab.home
>   vncv: authentication failure: unknown auth type 0x51e2124
> 
> The below inline patch enables connections to recent Darwin versions,
> tested on MacOS Catalina and Big Sur.  The patch is attached as well
> to ease git/import.

The man page could use an update, too.  Other versions have been
supported for awhile: see attached.

I don't know if it's appropriate to mention in the man page that the
connection to OS X cannot be encrypted, so tunneling w/ssh is advised.

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diff 87a823332f9eaa4ff1e72f8524f6e59d1cc4f407 uncommitted
--- a/sys/man/1/vnc
+++ b/sys/man/1/vnc
@@ -205,5 +205,3 @@
 does no verification of the TLS certificate presented
 by the server.
 .PP
-.I Vncv
-supports only version 3.3 of the RFB protocol.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-22 18:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-22  7:58 igor
2021-09-22 17:55 ` unobe [this message]
2021-09-22 18:03   ` ori
2021-09-25 21:04     ` igor
2021-09-22 18:40 ` unobe

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