Description of problem: I can find the following line in 'help ping-daemon': This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside the hypervisor. In fact the guestfs daemon exist in the libguestfs appliance, this may lead misunderstanding when understand this API, as a user, mostly we call host as the hypervisor, so the correct description should be: This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside libguestfs appliance. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.28.1-1.14.el7 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: #guestfish help ping-daemon NAME ping-daemon - ping the guest daemon SYNOPSIS ping-daemon DESCRIPTION This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside the hypervisor. Calling this function checks that the daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon or attached block device(s) in any other way. Actual results: As above Expected results: correcy 'hypervisor' to 'appliance' Additional info:
Upstream fix: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/f6e74ecd73d9aeeb4c9ef0044d7112645b09172f
Verified with libguestfs-1.28.1-1.29.el7. Step to verify: 1. # guestfish help ping-daemon NAME ping-daemon - ping the guest daemon SYNOPSIS ping-daemon DESCRIPTION This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside the libguestfs appliance. Calling this function checks that the daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon or attached block device(s) in any other way. "hypervisor" is replaced with "libguestfs appliance". So fixed.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2183.html