Bug#984776: marked as done (tightvncserver: fails to start when $HOME contains a whitespace)
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and subject line Bug#984776: fixed in tightvnc 1:1.3.10-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #984776,
regarding tightvncserver: fails to start when $HOME contains a whitespace
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Package: tightvncserver
Version: 1:1.3.10-2
Severity: normal
Tags: none
Steps to reproduce:
# adduser --home '/home/john doe' johndoe
Adding user `johndoe' ...
Adding new group `johndoe' (1009) ...
Adding new user `johndoe' (1007) with group `johndoe' ...
Creating home directory `/home/john doe' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for johndoe
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n]
# su - johndoe
johndoe@debian:~$ vncpasswd
Using password file /home/john doe/.vnc/passwd
VNC directory /home/john doe/.vnc does not exist, creating.
Password:
Verify:
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)?
johndoe@debian:~$ vncserver
cat: /home/john: No such file or directory
cat: doe/.vnc/passwd: No such file or directory
xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/john
xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/john
sh: 1: cannot create /home/john: Permission denied
cat: /home/john: No such file or directory
cat: 'doe/.vnc/t470:1.pid': No such file or directory
Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
sh: 1: cannot create /home/john: Permission denied
cat: /home/john: No such file or directory
cat: 'doe/.vnc/t470:1.pid': No such file or directory
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.
Unrecognized option: doe/.Xauthority
use: X [:<display>] [option]
-a # mouse acceleration (pixels)
[...]
You can workaround the issue by symlinking the home directory
johndoe@debian:~$ ln -s . /tmp/jdoe
johndoe@debian:~$ export HOME=/tmp/jdoe
johndoe@debian:/home/john doe$ vncserver
You will require a password to access your desktops.
Password:
Verify:
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)?
xauth: file /tmp/jdoe/.vnc/.Xauthority does not exist
New 'X' desktop is debian:1
Creating default startup script /tmp/jdoe/.vncstartup
Starting applications specified in /tmp/jdoe/.vncstartup
Log file is /tmp/jdoe/.vnc/debian:1.log
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'unstable'), (500,
'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages tightvncserver depends on:
ii libc6 2.31-9
ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:2.0.6-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.0-2
ii perl 5.32.1-2
ii x11-common 1:7.7+22
ii x11-utils 7.7+5
ii xauth 1:1.1-1
ii xserver-common 2:1.20.10-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2
Versions of packages tightvncserver recommends:
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+8
ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.5
Versions of packages tightvncserver suggests:
pn tightvnc-java <none>
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: tightvnc
Source-Version: 1:1.3.10-3
Done: Sven Geuer <debmaint@g-e-u-e-r.de>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
tightvnc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 984776@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sven Geuer <debmaint@g-e-u-e-r.de> (supplier of updated tightvnc package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
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Hash: SHA512
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 01:31:39 +0100
Source: tightvnc
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.3.10-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Remote Maintainers <debian-remote@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sven Geuer <debmaint@g-e-u-e-r.de>
Closes: 984776
Changes:
tightvnc (1:1.3.10-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Allow for a home directory name containing spaces and other unusual
characters (Closes: #984776).
- Roll back changes from 1:1.3.10-3~exp1 and 1:1.3.10-3~exp2 to
enable a targeted fix to unstable.
- Add d/patches/space-chars-in-home-dir-name.patch. Thanks to
Antoni Villalonga <antoni@friki.cat> for an initial version of the
fix.
- Extend the autopkgtest to cover this case.
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