On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote: > Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:21:10AM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote: > >> This series attempts to introduce the ability to start and use > >> Open vSwitch 'out of the box' as a non-root user. It does this by > >> modifying the service files to pass the recently introduced --ovs-user > >> argument around, and by making some minor tweaks to the passwd, group, > >> and filesystem information. > >> > >> The more controversial changes are: > >> > >> * This adds another config file (/etc/sysconfig/openvswitch-pre) to the > >> system > >> * The dpdk support directly modifies /dev/hugepages with a call to chmod > >> * A new user 'openvswitch', and up to two new groups 'openvswitch', and > >> 'hugetlbfs' are created > >> > >> This is presented as RFC (v0, since it will likely need changes) for > >> initial feedback. > >> > >> Aaron Conole (4): > >> rhel: allow arbitrary user:group > >> fedora: dynamically allocate ovs user > >> fedora: Also include the db lockfile > >> fedora: allow dpdk to also run as non-root user > > > > I guess that we are waiting for Flavio to look at this? > > I think so. I'm planning on rebasing this because I think some things > in the spec files have changed, and I think Timothy R. is also doing > some change, and his is less "intrusive".
OK. I've marked these "superseded" in patchwork, in anticipation of a repost. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
