Bug#686778: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#686778: xcp-xapi: what user should xapi run as

2012-09-05 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Wednesday 05 September 2012 10:10 PM, Mike McClurg wrote: > Unfortunately, with the way xapi is currently architected, we can't > run it as a non-privileged user. Xapi itself makes calls to xenstore > and to the hypervisor in too many places to split those bits out. In > upstream xapi, we're wor

Bug#686778: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#686778: xcp-xapi: what user should xapi run as

2012-09-05 Thread Mike McClurg
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Package: xcp-xapi > Version: 1.3.2-11 > Severity: normal > > We need to have a separate user/group privilege for xapi and its dependent > processes. At the moment, everything runs as root Unfortunately, with the way xapi is currently arc

Bug#686778: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#686778: xcp-xapi: what user should xapi run as

2012-09-05 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 09/06/2012 01:32 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Package: xcp-xapi > Version: 1.3.2-11 > Severity: normal > > We need to have a separate user/group privilege for xapi and its dependent > processes. At the moment, everything runs as root I don't think this is possible. To be able to create VMs,