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[PULL 08/20] docs: Update description of 'user=username' for '-run-with'
From: |
Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[PULL 08/20] docs: Update description of 'user=username' for '-run-with' |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:03:18 +0200 |
From: Boqiao Fu <bfu@redhat.com>
The description of '-runas' and '-run-with' didn't explain that QEMU
will use setuid/setgid to implement the option, so the user might get
confused if using 'elevateprivileges=deny' as well.
Since '-runas' is going to be deprecated and replaced by '-run-with'
in the coming qemu9.1, add the message there.
Signed-off-by: Boqiao Fu <bfu@redhat.com>
Link:
CAFRHJ6J9uMk+HMZL+W+KE1yoRCOLPgbPUVVDku55sdXYiGXXHg@mail.gmail.com">https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAFRHJ6J9uMk+HMZL+W+KE1yoRCOLPgbPUVVDku55sdXYiGXXHg@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ad6521ef5e7..694fa37f284 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -5024,8 +5024,11 @@ SRST
in combination with -runas.
``user=username`` or ``user=uid:gid`` can be used to drop root privileges
- by switching to the specified user (via username) or user and group
- (via uid:gid) immediately before starting guest execution.
+ before starting guest execution. QEMU will use the ``setuid`` and
``setgid``
+ system calls to switch to the specified identity. Note that the
+ ``user=username`` syntax will also apply the full set of supplementary
+ groups for the user, whereas the ``user=uid:gid`` will use only the
+ ``gid`` group.
ERST
#endif
--
2.45.2
- [PULL 00/20] i386, bugfix changes for QEMU 9.1 soft freeze, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 01/20] i386/sev: Don't allow automatic fallback to legacy KVM_SEV*_INIT, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 03/20] cpu: Free queued CPU work, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 02/20] Revert "qemu-char: do not operate on sources from finalize callbacks", Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 04/20] disas: Fix build against Capstone v6, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 06/20] scsi: fix regression and honor bootindex again for legacy drives, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 07/20] qemu/timer: Add host ticks function for LoongArch, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 05/20] hw/scsi/lsi53c895a: bump instruction limit in scripts processing to fix regression, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 09/20] hpet: fix clamping of period, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 08/20] docs: Update description of 'user=username' for '-run-with',
Paolo Bonzini <=
- [PULL 11/20] target/i386/tcg: fix POP to memory in long mode, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 10/20] hpet: fix HPET_TN_SETVAL for high 32-bits of the comparator, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 13/20] target/i386/tcg: Allow IRET from user mode to user mode with SMAP, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 14/20] target/i386/tcg: use PUSHL/PUSHW for error code, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 15/20] target/i386/tcg: Reorg push/pop within seg_helper.c, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 18/20] target/i386/tcg: check for correct busy state before switching to a new task, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 20/20] target/i386/tcg: save current task state before loading new one, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 16/20] target/i386/tcg: Introduce x86_mmu_index_{kernel_,}pl, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 19/20] target/i386/tcg: use X86Access for TSS access, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17
- [PULL 17/20] target/i386/tcg: Compute MMU index once, Paolo Bonzini, 2024/07/17