From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eugene Coetzee Subject: Re: Running KVM without root privileges Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:49:24 +0200 Message-ID: <46CB0984.9010503@reedflute.com> References: <1187527111.10912.1.camel@starship.ltsp> <68676e00708190602p6b0ca91csc3a4550de162443a@mail.gmail.com> <46C84CB1.5070202@reedflute.com> <68676e00708190800u66b8039p2be2cdd344e87805@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <68676e00708190800u66b8039p2be2cdd344e87805-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@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 Luca wrote: >>Thanks for the reply. I'm a little confused about the interaction >>between KVM and qemu. Which binary requires CAP_NET_ADMIN capability - >>KVM or qemu ? >> >> > >In the upstream package 'kvm' is just a script wrapper that invokes >the right qemu executable (the userspace component of KVM is a >modified QEMU). The exact naming depends on your distro, e.g. Debian >package puts the executable in /usr/bin/kvm. > >Luca > > > > Thanks for the advice. I have posted the solution to the problem on Ubuntu Feisty at: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/101274-running-kvm-without-root-privileges.html#post499980 kind regards, Eugene Coetzee -- -- =============================================== Reedflute Software Solutions Telephone -> +27 18 293 3236 General information -> info-ms3nWvnsWYxl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org Project information -> projects-ms3nWvnsWYxl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org Web -> www.reedflute.com =============================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/