Bug 636156

Summary:	RFE: security: restore original file label/owner
Product:	[Community] Virtualization Tools	Reporter:	Daniel Berrangé <berrange>
Component:	libvirt	Assignee:	Libvirt Maintainers <libvirt-maint>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	crobinso, spetreolle, xen-maint
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Bug Blocks:	910269, 636032

Description Daniel Berrangé 2010-09-21 15:14:57 UTC

Description of problem:
Change the QEMU DAC security driver so that it uses POSIX ACLs on files instead of changing their UID/GID.

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Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2016-03-22 22:34:29 UTC

There's been various patches posted over the years but nothing committed, nor a solid approach chosen:

Posix ACLs:
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00203.html
v3: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00497.html
v4: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00887.html
v5: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg01289.html

Using virtlockd:
v1: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-September/msg00551.html
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-October/msg00331.html

Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2016-04-10 19:06:05 UTC

*** Bug 1120544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Daniel Berrangé 2020-04-15 13:42:22 UTC

Current versions of libvirt use XATTR to remember ownership and restore it