From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Baruch Even Subject: Re: /dev/kvm permissions Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:17:41 +0100 Message-ID: <467588D5.6080808@ev-en.org> References: <46758112.4030604@ev-en.org> <4675830B.3020404@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4675830B.3020404-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Avi Kivity wrote: > Baruch Even wrote: >> Hello, >> >> What do peoples do/think about the permissions for /dev/kvm? >> >> I'm the maintainer for the Debian package and currently the package uses >> a group to control access, for no good reason really. I've seen that >> kqemu in Debian simply uses 0666 permissions and consider doing the same >> for kvm. I wanted to know what others do in other distributions and what >> others think the permissions should be. >> >> > > I recommend 0660, and setting /dev/kvm's group to 'kvm'. Users which > need access to kvm can be added to that group. OK. This is what happens right now. > When kvm stops locking so much memory, I guess this can be relaxed. OK. It would be nice if you notify when you think this change is a good idea. Relaxing access will make kvm easier to use which is always a good thing. Baruch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/