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From: Lutz Vieweg <lvml@5t9.de>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] vhost broken?
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On 01/05/2012 04:00 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Just chmod /dev/vhost-net to allow access

I wonder whether it's considered a security risk to allow non-root
users access to /dev/vhost-net?

(Or is there a way to have root prepare limited use of vhost for only
some users or some network devices?)

Regards,

Lutz Vieweg