QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
the devicemodel for a specific domain number. Unfortunately, this is
not really practical: It requires nearly 32,000 entries in
/etc/passwd. QEMU_USER_RANGE_BASE is much more practical.
Remove support for QEMU_USER_BASE.
Signed
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 05:14:56PM +, George Dunlap wrote:
> QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
> the devicemodel for a specific domain number. Unfortunately, this is
> not really practical: It requires nearly 32,000 entries in
> /etc/passwd. QEMU_USER_RANGE_B
George Dunlap writes ("[PATCH 3/9] libxl: Get rid of support for QEMU_USER_BASE
(xen-qemuuser-domidNN)"):
> QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
> the devicemodel for a specific domain number. Unfortunately, this is
> not really practical: It requires nearly 32,000
> On Nov 28, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> George Dunlap writes ("[PATCH 3/9] libxl: Get rid of support for
> QEMU_USER_BASE (xen-qemuuser-domidNN)"):
>> QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
>> the devicemodel for a specific domain number. Unfortunatel
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 3/9] libxl: Get rid of support for
QEMU_USER_BASE (xen-qemuuser-domidNN)"):
> I’d personally just as soon leave it out (and add it back in if someone asks
> for it), but if you think it has value I can leave it in and do the work of
> thinking about the logic.
> On Nov 28, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 05:14:56PM +, George Dunlap wrote:
>> QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
>> the devicemodel for a specific domain number. Unfortunately, this is
>> not really practical: It requires n
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 12:53:20PM +, George Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> > On Nov 28, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 05:14:56PM +, George Dunlap wrote:
> >> QEMU_USER_BASE allows a user to specify the UID to use when running
> >> the devicemodel for a specific
