Re: question on xenbus priv in dom0

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

NAHieu wrote:

>Hi,
>
>In domU, we can't use xenbus to access anything outside of the
>domain's home. That means we are being restricted from reading/writing
>to other domain's xenstore. That is perfectly fine, and nobody
>complains here.
>
>But in dom0, do we have the exception? Since dom0 is trusted, I think
>we can be allowed to access to all other domU's xenstore.
>
>Is that possible? If not, any good workaround solution?
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>
It should be possible to read from anywhere in the store.

If you specify a path without a '/' in the beginning, it defaults to 
reading from the domain's home directory.  However, if you use a fully 
qualified path, you should be able to read anywhere.  If this doesn't 
work, it's a bug.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>Thank you.
>Hieu
>
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