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Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 30 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index ecf7ca12d7..97245a335c 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1030,8 +1030,21 @@ is a TCP port number, not a display number. @item password Require that password based authentication is used for client connections. -The password must be set separately using the @code{change} command in the -@ref{pcsys_monitor} + +The password must be set separately using the @code{set_password} command in +the @ref{pcsys_monitor}. The syntax to change your password is: +@code{set_password <protocol> <password>} where <protocol> could be either +"vnc" or "spice". + +If you would like to change <protocol> password expiration, you should use +@code{expire_password <protocol> <expiration-time>} where expiration time could +be one of the following options: now, never, +seconds or UNIX time of +expiration, e.g. +60 to make password expire in 60 seconds, or 1335196800 +to make password expire on "Mon Apr 23 12:00:00 EDT 2012" (UNIX time for this +date and time). + +You can also use keywords "now" or "never" for the expiration time to +allow <protocol> password to expire immediately or never expire. @item tls @@ -2641,7 +2654,10 @@ DEF("nodefaults", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nodefaults, \ STEXI @item -nodefaults @findex -nodefaults -Don't create default devices. +Don't create default devices. Normally, QEMU sets the default devices like serial +port, parallel port, virtual console, monitor device, VGA adapter, floppy and +CD-ROM drive and others. The @code{-nodefaults} option will disable all those +default devices. ETEXI #ifndef _WIN32 @@ -2697,7 +2713,9 @@ DEF("readconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_readconfig, STEXI @item -readconfig @var{file} @findex -readconfig -Read device configuration from @var{file}. +Read device configuration from @var{file}. This approach is useful when you want to spawn +QEMU process with many command line options but you don't want to exceed the command line +character limit. ETEXI DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig, "-writeconfig <file>\n" @@ -2705,7 +2723,9 @@ DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig, STEXI @item -writeconfig @var{file} @findex -writeconfig -Write device configuration to @var{file}. +Write device configuration to @var{file}. The @var{file} can be either filename to save +command line and device configuration into file or dash @code{-}) character to print the +output to stdout. This can be later used as input file for @code{-readconfig} option. ETEXI DEF("nodefconfig", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nodefconfig, "-nodefconfig\n" |