From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>, Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, xen-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:46:45 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <877ew4ub3u.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1507133891-26013-8-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> (Ian Jackson's message of "Wed, 4 Oct 2017 17:18:10 +0100") Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> writes: > This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there > is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain > Xen configurations. > > Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com> [...] > diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx > index 9f6e2ad..34a5329 100644 > --- a/qemu-options.hx > +++ b/qemu-options.hx > @@ -3968,6 +3968,18 @@ Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching > to the specified user. > ETEXI > > +#ifndef _WIN32 > +DEF("runasid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_runasid, \ > + "-runasid uid.gid change to numeric uid and gid just before starting the VM\n", > + QEMU_ARCH_ALL) > +#endif > +STEXI > +@item -runasid @var{uid}.@var{gid} > +@findex -runasid > +Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching > +to the specified uid and gid. > +ETEXI > + > DEF("prom-env", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_prom_env, > "-prom-env variable=value\n" > " set OpenBIOS nvram variables\n", The last thing the QEMU command line needs is more exotic options. Are you sure we need a new one here? Can we make existing -runas serve? Precedence: Coreutils[*]. Pseudo-code: if argument is a decimal number starting with '+': user ID else if argument is a valid user name: user name else if argument is a valid user ID: user ID else: error [*] https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Disambiguating-names-and-IDs.html
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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, xen-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:46:45 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <877ew4ub3u.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1507133891-26013-8-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> (Ian Jackson's message of "Wed, 4 Oct 2017 17:18:10 +0100") Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> writes: > This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there > is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain > Xen configurations. > > Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com> [...] > diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx > index 9f6e2ad..34a5329 100644 > --- a/qemu-options.hx > +++ b/qemu-options.hx > @@ -3968,6 +3968,18 @@ Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching > to the specified user. > ETEXI > > +#ifndef _WIN32 > +DEF("runasid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_runasid, \ > + "-runasid uid.gid change to numeric uid and gid just before starting the VM\n", > + QEMU_ARCH_ALL) > +#endif > +STEXI > +@item -runasid @var{uid}.@var{gid} > +@findex -runasid > +Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching > +to the specified uid and gid. > +ETEXI > + > DEF("prom-env", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_prom_env, > "-prom-env variable=value\n" > " set OpenBIOS nvram variables\n", The last thing the QEMU command line needs is more exotic options. Are you sure we need a new one here? Can we make existing -runas serve? Precedence: Coreutils[*]. Pseudo-code: if argument is a decimal number starting with '+': user ID else if argument is a valid user name: user name else if argument is a valid user ID: user ID else: error [*] https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Disambiguating-names-and-IDs.html _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-09 5:46 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2017-10-04 16:18 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/*] xen: xen-domid-restrict improvements Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/8] xen: link against xentoolcore Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/8] xen: restrict: use xentoolcore_restrict_all Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/8] xen: defer call to xen_restrict until after os_setup_post Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 15:50 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony PERARD 2017-10-09 15:50 ` Anthony PERARD 2017-10-09 16:58 ` [Qemu-devel] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 16:58 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-10 11:40 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony PERARD 2017-10-10 11:40 ` Anthony PERARD 2017-10-10 17:16 ` [Qemu-devel] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-10 17:16 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 17:00 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/8] xen: destroy_hvm_domain: Move reason into a variable Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/8] xen: move xc_interface compatibility fallback further up the file Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/8] xen: destroy_hvm_domain: Try xendevicemodel_shutdown Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 12:47 ` [Qemu-devel] " Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-06 12:47 ` Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-06 14:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:24 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:39 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 12:59 ` [Qemu-devel] " Peter Maydell 2017-10-06 12:59 ` Peter Maydell 2017-10-06 14:24 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:24 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:39 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 5:46 ` Markus Armbruster [this message] 2017-10-09 5:46 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-10-09 15:05 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 15:05 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 15:24 ` Daniel P. Berrange 2017-10-09 15:24 ` Daniel P. Berrange 2017-10-09 16:52 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 16:52 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 16:59 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-10 7:43 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-10-10 7:43 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-10-10 17:11 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-10 17:11 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-11 9:52 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-09 15:14 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 8/8] RFC configure: do_compiler: Dump some extra info under bash Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 16:18 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 12:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/*] xen: xen-domid-restrict improvements Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-06 12:58 ` Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-06 13:19 ` [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] " Paul Durrant 2017-10-06 13:19 ` Paul Durrant 2017-10-10 13:40 ` [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] " Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-10 13:40 ` Ross Lagerwall 2017-10-10 17:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-10 17:21 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:17 ` [Qemu-devel] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 14:17 ` Ian Jackson -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below -- 2017-10-06 18:27 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] " Ian Jackson 2017-10-06 18:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Ian Jackson 2017-11-06 12:29 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-11-06 12:29 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-11-06 15:16 ` Ian Jackson 2017-11-06 15:16 ` Ian Jackson 2017-11-06 18:40 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-11-06 18:40 ` Markus Armbruster 2017-11-08 11:15 ` Ian Jackson 2017-11-08 11:15 ` Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 15:53 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/7] xen: xen-domid-restrict improvements Ian Jackson 2017-10-04 15:53 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option Ian Jackson
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