Package: qemu Version: 0.8.2-5lenny1 Severity: normal
As of kernel 2.6.18 the tun module was changed to disallow non-root configuration of /dev/net/tun (e.g. for tapX devices). This means that unless one sets the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability on the appropriate qemu binaries, qemu must be run as root in order to be able to create tapX devices. I have been using find /usr/bin/qemu-* -type f -a ! -type l -a print0 | xargs -0 --replace setcap net_cap_admin=ep as root to correct this. It picks up a couple of extra binaries and setcap is in libcap2 which only in unstable, but it works (allows non-root execution of qemu while still creating tapX devices on-the-fly; combined with sudoers and /etc/qemu-ifup set appropriately I can run qemu and get my automatically network devices autocreated and added to my bridge without having to run as root). -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages qemu depends on: ii bochsbios 2.3.6-3 BIOS for the Bochs emulator ii libasound2 1.0.16-2 ALSA library ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.13-2 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii openhackware 0.4.1-3 OpenFirmware emulator for PowerPC ii proll 18-3 JavaStation PROM 2.x compatible re ii vgabios 0.6a-3 VGA BIOS software for the Bochs an ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages qemu recommends: ii debootstrap 1.0.8 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii sharutils 1:4.6.3-1 shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode ii vde 2.2.0-pre2-1 transitional dummy package which c -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
