Bug 636123 - RFE: root squash NFS: Support use of filesystem driver against root squash NFS
Summary: RFE: root squash NFS: Support use of filesystem driver against root squash NFS
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libvirt
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Libvirt Maintainers
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Blocks: libvirtTodoStorage
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Reported: 2010-09-21 14:39 UTC by Daniel Berrangé
Modified: 2016-03-20 22:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-03-20 22:44:53 UTC
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Description Daniel Berrangé 2010-09-21 14:39:12 UTC 
Description of problem:
Using the filesystem driver against root squashing NFS often fails because libvirtd is squashed to nobody. It should  be possible to workaround this by using setuid before filesystem calls.

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Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2016-03-20 22:44:53 UTC 
We've done this for a long while (though it continues to be a source of pain)
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