Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 03:42:30PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:Daniel P. Berrange wrote:srw-rw---- 1 root virtstaff 0 2007-06-29 15:50 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sockThat either gives a user full access without requiring any password, orrequires that the app run as root. That's just a mild tweaking of the status quo. It doesn't allow us to authenticate a non-root user to allowthem access without the app itself being run as root.
I wouldn't call it a "mild tweaking of the status quo". It lets an administrator designate staff who are permitted to manage virtualization (ie. by adding them to the virtstaff group), and then those staff can run management programs as themselves (non-root). If typing in a password is important because it proves that at the moment that the program was started, then the staff member was sitting in front of the computer (but not, like, later on or anything), then perhaps the administrators of these super secure systems should ensure their staff use screensavers.
Anyhow isn't this something which SELinux was supposed to solve? Rich. -- Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903
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