Your message dated Sun, 28 Mar 2021 01:03:23 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> 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 $HOME contains a whitespace to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: tightvncserver Version: 1:1.3.10-2 Severity: normal Tags: none Steps to reproduce: # adduser --home '/home/john doe' johndoe Adding user `johndoe' ... Adding new group `johndoe' (1009) ... Adding new user `johndoe' (1007) with group `johndoe' ... Creating home directory `/home/john doe' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... New password: Retype new password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for johndoe Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] # su - johndoe johndoe@debian:~$ 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Sven Geuer <[email protected]> (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 [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- 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 <[email protected]> Changed-By: Sven Geuer <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> for an initial version of the fix. - Extend the autopkgtest to cover this case. Checksums-Sha1: af7796b786ec7e99b7c0e01af4f56305088dd583 2306 tightvnc_1.3.10-3.dsc e119e8aed0de058edf66599f92cfd9ee48492e15 48444 tightvnc_1.3.10-3.debian.tar.xz cadf2c0392da95eaa9597ce8a2a7850c0a510dc7 8268 tightvnc_1.3.10-3_amd64.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 1b520cef3d9b231a674c649b0756070da099f683fc0ccf79a0e96df3c7fcf344 2306 tightvnc_1.3.10-3.dsc 55d752ff6712ff8b2ba6191136a8ec5ee4068d55671cbefc42ca3d216ae01645 48444 tightvnc_1.3.10-3.debian.tar.xz a3c71bae8dca9fc81aeec5233453531808fdc43c2ac7a0880c8de55f5ebb2478 8268 tightvnc_1.3.10-3_amd64.buildinfo Files: 567e7c14a4aa3cd63fa6fbfff8e3a3bf 2306 x11 optional tightvnc_1.3.10-3.dsc 80a7e7448f331d49ac733825c737a4b5 48444 x11 optional tightvnc_1.3.10-3.debian.tar.xz 716d91f91902c9a01668e7176dafb525 8268 x11 optional tightvnc_1.3.10-3_amd64.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJKBAEBCgA0FiEEPfXoqkP8n9/QhvGVrfUO2vit1YUFAmBf0H8WHGRlYm1haW50 QGctZS11LWUtci5kZQAKCRCt9Q7a+K3VhVELEACTlosgtqLTm7NwXiz5PGu7zyav JuyFmG9ecKZ80Ubl1XH4LCdwBoczLThmxXADED1GrELDHeRf6jsa5RebRDJU8nzo 6huBqQiCWzwhAA1ibZdWK+VbQDqFaQmYPrYk368xi6HJHY1Y9cmfOtpWvN7svlkd nDtxZUlxjS4k88XaQ09CUBCJog+HjBfFdPFm9lxxcmkN8pLERgqjzRhKgbimE2nc o2oAZ4ybKD362ceUWylMr1H6wMGg1j6EPboU/sh6ugR2Z2tGsiViFXj0vxoZnyjD 90qigPG4R+XEffoKiy6G13eOlU2qbJ3n2/z1Ts0wSC3Zp0qLJrexO2wXYG6MZ/4J TdqMuK4/VS+Y5gTL0opJqBFY0Y/I3LCGoYVqeGFz0hq0Mwnb4+PF5FmxIiDGgRAD JldwP7VKJBvnquAbrtEPNgsAg6npdFG0P+MCg2D9sHPRjpHHlUMgiKROKy3dpGD4 UwDb4hA9887QEB5dS0ktbNIRNhtDX8AQffWdqugW3vJEP8eUaCtqcl94mfiArQ61 Nrk57M760dOZGAQL5NKtTpGMJlFbH1jljdBA6Sy4weYMq7r0QW6Eaqciexjw9y60 QuI45GbmnGqQnChCxNphYg7YW98ZuIvMTyj29Xwm/Y6CFiKu8qTeURktmveHbUYI HMV38bQv+To+AVbGDw== =F5zF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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