Re: [PATCH 5/5] Allow all user to create a file under the directory /var/lib/xen

[Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>]

On 12/30/2015 12:11 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> On 12/29/15 8:39 PM, Wen Congyang wrote:
>> We may use non-root user to run qemu, and the qemu needs to write
>> save file to /var/lib/xen. So we should allow all user to create
>> a file under the directory /var/lib/xen
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/Makefile | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
>> index 820ca40..402b417 100644
>> --- a/tools/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/Makefile
>> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ build all: subdirs-all
>>  install: subdirs-install
>>  	$(INSTALL_DIR) -m 700 $(DESTDIR)$(XEN_DUMP_DIR)
>>  	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/log/xen
>> -	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/xen
>> +	$(INSTALL_DIR) -m 777 $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/xen
>>  
>>  .PHONY: uninstall
>>  uninstall: D=$(DESTDIR)
>>
> 
> I could be wrong but this doesn't seem like something that you'd want to
> do given what's stored in there. Could you do something with permissions
> on sub-directories to achieve what you need?
> 

The save file's path is:
#define LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_SAVE_FILE "/var/lib/xen/qemu-save" /* .$domid */

So all user must have write permission on the directory /var/lib/xen/, otherwise,
the migration will fail.

Thanks
Wen Congyang