Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/13] set vnc password from xenstore.

[Jamie Lokier]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> If the monitor really isn't sufficient, then I'd suggest allowing an
> open file descriptor to be specified on the -vnc arg, eg
> 
>   -vnc localhost:3,passwdfd=6

If you're going to do that, pass a file name instead.

If someone wants to pass a file descriptor, they can simply write
passwd=/proc/self/fd/6.

-- Jamie