Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 18:52 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > I'd rather make the "default" network configurable via a global > configuration file. That way, if a distribution knew that it had a > bridge setup for its users, it could make -net bridge the default. Fair enough. :-Dustin signatur

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
Dustin Kirkland wrote: We address this problem by introducing a new network backend: -net bridge. This backend is less flexible than -net tap because it relies on a helper with elevated privileges to do the heavy lifting of allocating and attaching a tap device to a bridge. We use a special pur

[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 18:28 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > This series solves a problem that I've been struggling with for a few years > now. > One of the best things about qemu is that it's possible to run guests as an > unprivileged user to improve security. However, if you want to have your

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Well it doesn't really help with the issue of privileges which is what this series is really about. Regards, Anthony Liguori I note that by default you grant all users all access. If you do that, just give them net cap admin already? By default, I give no

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:48:01PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 06:28:01PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> >>> This series solves a problem that I've been struggling with for a few years >>> now. >>> One of the best things about qemu is t

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 06:28:01PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: This series solves a problem that I've been struggling with for a few years now. One of the best things about qemu is that it's possible to run guests as an unprivileged user to improve security. Howev

[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] net-bridge: rootless bridge support for qemu

2009-11-04 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 06:28:01PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > This series solves a problem that I've been struggling with for a few years > now. > One of the best things about qemu is that it's possible to run guests as an > unprivileged user to improve security. However, if you want to have