From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42554) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1bIH-0002dN-Sr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:52:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1bIE-0001Ru-QA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:52:41 -0400 Received: from smtp02.citrix.com ([66.165.176.63]:2916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1bIE-0001R0-Ik for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:52:38 -0400 From: Ian Jackson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <23003.43334.500944.219647@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:52:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20171009152457.GO2954@redhat.com> References: <1507133891-26013-1-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> <1507133891-26013-8-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> <877ew4ub3u.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <23003.36902.664875.346194@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20171009152457.GO2954@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Daniel P. Berrange" Cc: Markus Armbruster , Juergen Gross , Stefano Stabellini , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Ross Lagerwall , Anthony PERARD , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, xen-devel@nongnu.org Daniel P. Berrange writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option"): > Just use getpwuid() to get the "struct passwd *", then change_process_uid() > doesn't need any changes at all AFAICT. See my comments in the commit message. There may be multiple passwd entries referring to a particular uid. I think in this area it would be better to expect the caller to be explicit, rather than taking getpwuid's notion of the first one. Ian. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Jackson Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:52:22 +0100 Message-ID: <23003.43334.500944.219647@mariner.uk.xensource.com> References: <1507133891-26013-1-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> <1507133891-26013-8-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> <877ew4ub3u.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <23003.36902.664875.346194@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20171009152457.GO2954@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta5.messagelabs.com ([195.245.231.135]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e1bID-0006Q6-G8 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:52:37 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20171009152457.GO2954@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: "Daniel P. Berrange" Cc: Juergen Gross , Stefano Stabellini , Markus Armbruster , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Ross Lagerwall , Anthony PERARD , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, xen-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org RGFuaWVsIFAuIEJlcnJhbmdlIHdyaXRlcyAoIlJlOiBbUWVtdS1kZXZlbF0gW1BBVENIIDcvOF0g b3MtcG9zaXg6IFByb3ZpZGUgbmV3IC1ydW5hc2lkIG9wdGlvbiIpOgo+IEp1c3QgdXNlICBnZXRw d3VpZCgpIHRvIGdldCB0aGUgInN0cnVjdCBwYXNzd2QgKiIsIHRoZW4gY2hhbmdlX3Byb2Nlc3Nf dWlkKCkKPiBkb2Vzbid0IG5lZWQgYW55IGNoYW5nZXMgYXQgYWxsIEFGQUlDVC4KClNlZSBteSBj b21tZW50cyBpbiB0aGUgY29tbWl0IG1lc3NhZ2UuICBUaGVyZSBtYXkgYmUgbXVsdGlwbGUgcGFz c3dkCmVudHJpZXMgcmVmZXJyaW5nIHRvIGEgcGFydGljdWxhciB1aWQuICBJIHRoaW5rIGluIHRo aXMgYXJlYSBpdCB3b3VsZApiZSBiZXR0ZXIgdG8gZXhwZWN0IHRoZSBjYWxsZXIgdG8gYmUgZXhw bGljaXQsIHJhdGhlciB0aGFuIHRha2luZwpnZXRwd3VpZCdzIG5vdGlvbiBvZiB0aGUgZmlyc3Qg b25lLgoKSWFuLgoKX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X18KWGVuLWRldmVsIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApYZW4tZGV2ZWxAbGlzdHMueGVuLm9yZwpodHRwczov L2xpc3RzLnhlbi5vcmcveGVuLWRldmVsCg==