Bug 517210

Summary:	krfb does not keep user specified attended access password
Product:	[Applications] krfb	Reporter:	hal
Component:	general	Assignee:	George Goldberg <grundleborg>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	major	CC:	agurenko, kdedev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Bug Blocks:	520505

Description hal 2026-03-06 20:27:10 UTC

SUMMARY
The "--nodialog" option does not work with KDE's Autostart, so krfb *always* opens a dialog window when KDE starts up. It auto-generates a random password for attended access. I specified a password for attended access and for unattended access. The one for unattended access remained, but whenever I restart KDE, the krfb dialog comes up, a new attended access password has been generated and my specified password has been overwritten.

I rate this as "major" because it makes it impossible to access this system remotely through krfb. I can use ssh and kill krfb, but I can't restart it unless I run it from within the terminal in KDE. I can't access KDE, because I can't use krfb. Unless I have someone at the remote system when it boots, who can change the password or close the krfb window, or tell me the new password, it makes krfb useless. 

I was finally able to stop this by manually editing the rc file. I just deleted the line and readded it and suddenly it worked.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Set krfb attended access pw (and unattended pw)
2.  Reboot and let KDE start.

OBSERVED RESULT
The attended access password overwrites my pw.

EXPECTED RESULT
Keep user specified pw.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian Trixie
KDE Plasma Version:  6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2