Re: guestfs storage paths are confusing

[Andreas Hindborg <nmi@metaspace.dk>]

"Luis Chamberlain" <mcgrof@kernel.org> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 10:55:58AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> One complaint about kdevops I sometimes hear is the requirement for
>> frequent root access on the control host. kdevops is better off reducing
>> its privilege footprint, IMHO.
>
> I agree, I think at this point it its clear that although kdevops has
> ways to help with a first bringup, that just scares a larger crowd. And
> we can simplify our code if we completley move all those requirements
> to an *optional* installation phase, done only once.

The real question is, why does kdevops even need root? If you can rely
on user space networking with slirp, nothing in the process of spinning
up a VM should require root privileges. If the user has access to kvm,
which is common these days.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg