This is an interim measure to make sure everything still works in this order. The next step will be to perform capabilities drop and setuid/gid as a single operation (which is the only way to keep any capabilities when switching to a non-root uid). --- src/util/vircommand.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/vircommand.c b/src/util/vircommand.c index 3eb8465..2eb11f5 100644 --- a/src/util/vircommand.c +++ b/src/util/vircommand.c @@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ virExec(virCommandPtr cmd) goto fork_error; } + /* The steps above may need todo something privileged, so + * we delay clearing capabilities until the last minute */ + if (cmd->capabilities || (cmd->flags & VIR_EXEC_CLEAR_CAPS)) + if (virSetCapabilities(cmd->capabilities) < 0) + goto fork_error; + if (cmd->pwd) { VIR_DEBUG("Running child in %s", cmd->pwd); if (chdir(cmd->pwd) < 0) { @@ -661,12 +667,6 @@ virExec(virCommandPtr cmd) goto fork_error; } - /* The steps above may need todo something privileged, so - * we delay clearing capabilities until the last minute */ - if (cmd->capabilities || (cmd->flags & VIR_EXEC_CLEAR_CAPS)) - if (virSetCapabilities(cmd->capabilities) < 0) - goto fork_error; - /* Close logging again to ensure no FDs leak to child */ virLogReset(); -- 1.8.1 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list