Commit fafcc818f changed the docs to say that when creating a
pool directory or file volume with no owner/group specified, they
will be inherited from the parent directory. This isn't correct
now and doesn't seem to have ever been correct
In reality default owner/group is whatever UID/GID libvirtd is
running as
Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/formatstorage.html.in | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
index 6ebd23549f..968651330f 100644
--- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@
The <code>owner</code> element contains the numeric user ID.
The <code>group</code> element contains the numeric group ID.
If <code>owner</code> or <code>group</code> aren't specified when
- creating a directory, the values are inherited from the parent
- directory. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux)
+ creating a directory, the UID and GID of the libvirtd process are used.
+ The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux)
label string.
<span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span>
For running directory or filesystem based pools, these fields
@@ -776,8 +776,8 @@
The <code>owner</code> element contains the numeric user ID.
The <code>group</code> element contains the numeric group ID.
If <code>owner</code> or <code>group</code> aren't specified when
- creating a supported volume, the values are inherited from the parent
- directory. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux)
+ creating a supported volume, the UID and GID of the libvirtd process
+ are used. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux)
label string.
For existing directory or filesystem based volumes, these fields
will be filled with the values used by the existing file.
--
2.20.1
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