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ui: deprecate "password" option for SPICE server

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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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Daniel P. Berrangé 2021-03-11 11:43:43 +00:00 • committed by Gerd Hoffmann
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@ -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
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