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authorDaniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>2022-12-01 04:22:11 -0500
committerDaniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>2023-02-15 11:14:58 -0500
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ui: remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
This has been replaced by the 'password-secret' option,
which references a 'secret' object instance.

Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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@@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead.
 Use ``-drive if=pflash`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u
 RISC-V machine instead.
 
+``-spice password=string`` (removed in 8.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+This option was insecure because the SPICE password remained visible in
+the process listing. This was 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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