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Bug 798980 - Libguestfs live support should be disabled in RHEL 6 packages
Summary: Libguestfs live support should be disabled in RHEL 6 packages
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libguestfs
Version: 6.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 889537
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-01 12:43 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2012-12-21 16:03 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libguestfs-1.16.6-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
No Documentation needed
Clone Of:
: 889537 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 07:00:56 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0774 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:29:50 UTC

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2012-03-01 12:43:04 UTC
Description of problem:

For a while, libguestfs upstream has supported access to
guestfsd installed and running in Linux guests.  This lets
you modify live guests, which is normally not possible with
libguestfs.
(See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/libguestfs-live/#content )

However this feature isn't well tested and we shouldn't let
RHEL 6 users use it right now.

Therefore it should be disabled in the RHEL 6 packages that
we ship.

Comment 2 Mohua Li 2012-03-15 05:49:54 UTC
libguestfs-1.16.10-1.el6.x86_64, basic function for default mode "appliance" is ok, so fixed,  

><fs> set-attach-method unix:/tmp/guestfs
><fs> run
libguestfs: error: launch: In RHEL 6, only the 'appliance' method is supported.
In particular, "libguestfs live" is not supported.

Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-26 12:22:12 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
No Documentation needed

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 07:00:56 UTC
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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html


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