In current tigervnc[server], /etc/init.d/tigervnc initscript tests for existence of ~/.vnc/passwd or ~/.config/tigervnc/passwd, and fails if neither is found. From line 34: elif ! runuser -l "${user}" -s /bin/bash -c \ "[[ ( -d ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/tigervnc && -f ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/tigervnc/passwd ) || ( ! -d ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/tigervnc && -f ~/.vnc/passwd ) ]]"; then eerror "There are no passwords defined for user ${user}." return 1 In some configurations (e.g. globally-set SecurityTypes=none) this file may not exist, so this test is inappropriate. In fact, it's not a given that the containing directory exists at run-time (a first-time user will not have it) so the test is doubly overbroad. These files/folders aren't required to run a Xvnc session in all cases, so this test should not clobber the service. If it remains, a warning would suffice. # emerge --info tigervnc Portage 3.0.65 (python 3.12.4-final-0, default/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/plasma, gcc-13, glibc-2.39-r9, 6.9.1-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-6.9.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-7600U_CPU_@_2.80GHz-with-glibc2.39 KiB Mem: 16117220 total, 12521816 free KiB Swap: 18753532 total, 18753532 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: c8ab09e6b5b5b9094c877cf2cc95599fe525393c sh bash 5.2_p26-r6 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.42 p6) 2.42.0 ccache version 4.10.1 [disabled] app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.7::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.2_p26-r6::gentoo dev-build/autoconf: 2.72-r1::gentoo dev-build/automake: 1.16.5-r2::gentoo dev-build/cmake: 3.29.3::gentoo dev-build/libtool: 2.4.7-r4::gentoo dev-build/make: 4.4.1-r1::gentoo 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If a password is needed but it does not exist, the server crashes. And since the warning goes to the boot screen, not many people will see it. But since this is a valid case, I will change it to a warning and see how it goes.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6f4b28e562378215406f8481c84f1ad95062145c commit 6f4b28e562378215406f8481c84f1ad95062145c Author: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-07-27 19:21:50 +0000 Commit: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-07-27 19:36:02 +0000 net-misc/tigervnc: add 1.14.0 Add 1.14.0. Small changes to configuration files. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/936442 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/936475 Signed-off-by: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org> net-misc/tigervnc/Manifest | 1 + .../files/tigervnc-1.14.0-xsession-path.patch | 28 +++ net-misc/tigervnc/files/tigervnc-1.14.0.confd | 13 ++ net-misc/tigervnc/files/tigervnc-1.14.0.initd | 90 ++++++++ net-misc/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.14.0.ebuild | 235 +++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 367 insertions(+)
Thanks. I can't speak to what is more common but I've always started my VNC server on-demand, and in fact am only now using the initscript because upstream no longer support launching it any other way (Gentoo still allows this but I who knows for how long). I'd think most people will start a service like this manually at least once before installing it and rebooting, in any case. This particular issue (existence or not of passwd vs SecurityTypes setting) could be identified by examining the relevant global and user config files, but that probably goes beyond the scope of what the initscript should be expected to handle.
