9p (libvirt/QEMU) share modes
Can anybody explain what share modes - default, mapped, passthough, squashed - mean in libvirt/QEMU configuration?
I've got this share in passthrough mode. I see that inside VM it is owned by vagrant:vagrant user (which is absent from host machine) and share has rw bits set. But trying to create files there gives access denied error.
I need to understand what is going on to resolve the issue.
virtualization shared-folders qemu
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Can anybody explain what share modes - default, mapped, passthough, squashed - mean in libvirt/QEMU configuration?
I've got this share in passthrough mode. I see that inside VM it is owned by vagrant:vagrant user (which is absent from host machine) and share has rw bits set. But trying to create files there gives access denied error.
I need to understand what is going on to resolve the issue.
virtualization shared-folders qemu
asked May 15 '16 at 14:30
anatoly techtonikanatoly techtonik
82421431
add a comment |
Can anybody explain what share modes - default, mapped, passthough, squashed - mean in libvirt/QEMU configuration?
I've got this share in passthrough mode. I see that inside VM it is owned by vagrant:vagrant user (which is absent from host machine) and share has rw bits set. But trying to create files there gives access denied error.
I need to understand what is going on to resolve the issue.
virtualization shared-folders qemu
asked May 15 '16 at 14:30
anatoly techtonikanatoly techtonik
82421431
Can anybody explain what share modes - default, mapped, passthough, squashed - mean in libvirt/QEMU configuration?
I've got this share in passthrough mode. I see that inside VM it is owned by vagrant:vagrant user (which is absent from host machine) and share has rw bits set. But trying to create files there gives access denied error.
I need to understand what is going on to resolve the issue.
virtualization shared-folders qemu
virtualization shared-folders qemu
asked May 15 '16 at 14:30
anatoly techtonikanatoly techtonik
82421431
asked May 15 '16 at 14:30
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82421431
asked May 15 '16 at 14:30
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82421431
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I once had a very similar problem, providing read-write access to the shared folder. It was possible to read files but I was not allowed to write files to the shared source path folder.
Unix & Linux - KVM / QEMU / Virt-Manager : How can I store files in the mounted shared folder
The root cause is that the guest system is running as libvirt-qemu user. What you should do to create files from within the running guest system in the mounted shared folder are these steps :
In Virt-Manager -> Add Hardware -> Filesystem select Mapped as Mode setting for the VM.
Change permissions for the shared folders : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-shared-folder>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-shared folder>
Change the permissions for virtual disk files : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Add your username to the libvirtd group : sudo usermod -G libvirtd -a <your-user-name>
Give full permissions to the libvirt-qemu user : sudo setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx /*
Note : * = Specify the folder directory hierarchy you want to give libvirt-qemu the permissions.
Reboot the host operating systems ... now you should be able to create files in the guest system.
Information about 9p virtio -> Sharing Host files with the Guest | QEMU Documentation 9psetup
Mode specifies the security mode for accessing the source. Mapped specifies that the source is accessed with the permission settings of the hypervisor. Passthrough specifies that the source is accessed with the user's permission settings that are set from inside the virtual guest machine. This is the default mode. Squash is similar to Passthrough, the difference is that the failure of privileged operations like chown are ignored, this makes a Passthrough mode usable for users who are running the hypervisor without elevated privileges.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
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answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
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That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning ofMappingand friends.
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand howpassthroughcould work, because I don't have thisvagrant:vagrantuser on host. What if I runrootuser inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host inpassthroughmode just because name matches?
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
|
show 2 more comments
Share modes define how the virtualised (p9fs) file system is presented to the guest machine. There are important implications for permission mapping. To understand this, it's important to remember that the virtualised file system needs to manage permissions of files and they may not be the same in the host as they are in the guest.
The best docs I have found regarding the modes is from the libvirt docs:
The filesystem block has an optional attribute accessmode which specifies the security mode for accessing the source (since 0.8.5). Currently this only works with type='mount' for the QEMU/KVM driver. The possible values are:
passthrough
Thesourceis accessed with the permissions of the user inside the guest. This is the defaultaccessmodeif one is not specified. More info. Beware that changes to permissions/ownership will affect all guests using that filesystem. This mode is generally quite fast.
mapped
The source is accessed with the permissions of the hypervisor (QEMU process). More info.
This means you need to make sure that files on the hypervisor are accessible to the QEMU process (usernamelibvirt-qemuon my setup). The advantage is that file attributes and permissions are "mapped" for the guest so that they are independent changes elsewhere (as long as the files stay accessible). If your host system supports ACLs, this mode will also allow proper ACL support in the guest. This mode is generally a bit slower than passthrough.
squash
Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor as non-root. More info
answered Jan 10 at 15:44
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also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
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I once had a very similar problem, providing read-write access to the shared folder. It was possible to read files but I was not allowed to write files to the shared source path folder.
Unix & Linux - KVM / QEMU / Virt-Manager : How can I store files in the mounted shared folder
The root cause is that the guest system is running as libvirt-qemu user. What you should do to create files from within the running guest system in the mounted shared folder are these steps :
In Virt-Manager -> Add Hardware -> Filesystem select Mapped as Mode setting for the VM.
Change permissions for the shared folders : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-shared-folder>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-shared folder>
Change the permissions for virtual disk files : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Add your username to the libvirtd group : sudo usermod -G libvirtd -a <your-user-name>
Give full permissions to the libvirt-qemu user : sudo setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx /*
Note : * = Specify the folder directory hierarchy you want to give libvirt-qemu the permissions.
Reboot the host operating systems ... now you should be able to create files in the guest system.
Information about 9p virtio -> Sharing Host files with the Guest | QEMU Documentation 9psetup
Mode specifies the security mode for accessing the source. Mapped specifies that the source is accessed with the permission settings of the hypervisor. Passthrough specifies that the source is accessed with the user's permission settings that are set from inside the virtual guest machine. This is the default mode. Squash is similar to Passthrough, the difference is that the failure of privileged operations like chown are ignored, this makes a Passthrough mode usable for users who are running the hypervisor without elevated privileges.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
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answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
cl-netboxcl-netbox
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That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning ofMappingand friends.
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand howpassthroughcould work, because I don't have thisvagrant:vagrantuser on host. What if I runrootuser inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host inpassthroughmode just because name matches?
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
|
show 2 more comments
I once had a very similar problem, providing read-write access to the shared folder. It was possible to read files but I was not allowed to write files to the shared source path folder.
Unix & Linux - KVM / QEMU / Virt-Manager : How can I store files in the mounted shared folder
The root cause is that the guest system is running as libvirt-qemu user. What you should do to create files from within the running guest system in the mounted shared folder are these steps :
In Virt-Manager -> Add Hardware -> Filesystem select Mapped as Mode setting for the VM.
Change permissions for the shared folders : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-shared-folder>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-shared folder>
Change the permissions for virtual disk files : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Add your username to the libvirtd group : sudo usermod -G libvirtd -a <your-user-name>
Give full permissions to the libvirt-qemu user : sudo setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx /*
Note : * = Specify the folder directory hierarchy you want to give libvirt-qemu the permissions.
Reboot the host operating systems ... now you should be able to create files in the guest system.
Information about 9p virtio -> Sharing Host files with the Guest | QEMU Documentation 9psetup
Mode specifies the security mode for accessing the source. Mapped specifies that the source is accessed with the permission settings of the hypervisor. Passthrough specifies that the source is accessed with the user's permission settings that are set from inside the virtual guest machine. This is the default mode. Squash is similar to Passthrough, the difference is that the failure of privileged operations like chown are ignored, this makes a Passthrough mode usable for users who are running the hypervisor without elevated privileges.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
Community♦
1
answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
cl-netboxcl-netbox
25.8k572113
That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning ofMappingand friends.
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand howpassthroughcould work, because I don't have thisvagrant:vagrantuser on host. What if I runrootuser inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host inpassthroughmode just because name matches?
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
|
show 2 more comments
I once had a very similar problem, providing read-write access to the shared folder. It was possible to read files but I was not allowed to write files to the shared source path folder.
Unix & Linux - KVM / QEMU / Virt-Manager : How can I store files in the mounted shared folder
The root cause is that the guest system is running as libvirt-qemu user. What you should do to create files from within the running guest system in the mounted shared folder are these steps :
In Virt-Manager -> Add Hardware -> Filesystem select Mapped as Mode setting for the VM.
Change permissions for the shared folders : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-shared-folder>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-shared folder>
Change the permissions for virtual disk files : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Add your username to the libvirtd group : sudo usermod -G libvirtd -a <your-user-name>
Give full permissions to the libvirt-qemu user : sudo setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx /*
Note : * = Specify the folder directory hierarchy you want to give libvirt-qemu the permissions.
Reboot the host operating systems ... now you should be able to create files in the guest system.
Information about 9p virtio -> Sharing Host files with the Guest | QEMU Documentation 9psetup
Mode specifies the security mode for accessing the source. Mapped specifies that the source is accessed with the permission settings of the hypervisor. Passthrough specifies that the source is accessed with the user's permission settings that are set from inside the virtual guest machine. This is the default mode. Squash is similar to Passthrough, the difference is that the failure of privileged operations like chown are ignored, this makes a Passthrough mode usable for users who are running the hypervisor without elevated privileges.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
Community♦
1
answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
cl-netboxcl-netbox
25.8k572113
I once had a very similar problem, providing read-write access to the shared folder. It was possible to read files but I was not allowed to write files to the shared source path folder.
Unix & Linux - KVM / QEMU / Virt-Manager : How can I store files in the mounted shared folder
The root cause is that the guest system is running as libvirt-qemu user. What you should do to create files from within the running guest system in the mounted shared folder are these steps :
In Virt-Manager -> Add Hardware -> Filesystem select Mapped as Mode setting for the VM.
Change permissions for the shared folders : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-shared-folder>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-shared folder>
Change the permissions for virtual disk files : sudo chmod -R 777 /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Change the owner to your username : sudo chown -R user:user /<path-to-virtual-disks>
Add your username to the libvirtd group : sudo usermod -G libvirtd -a <your-user-name>
Give full permissions to the libvirt-qemu user : sudo setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx /*
Note : * = Specify the folder directory hierarchy you want to give libvirt-qemu the permissions.
Reboot the host operating systems ... now you should be able to create files in the guest system.
Information about 9p virtio -> Sharing Host files with the Guest | QEMU Documentation 9psetup
Mode specifies the security mode for accessing the source. Mapped specifies that the source is accessed with the permission settings of the hypervisor. Passthrough specifies that the source is accessed with the user's permission settings that are set from inside the virtual guest machine. This is the default mode. Squash is similar to Passthrough, the difference is that the failure of privileged operations like chown are ignored, this makes a Passthrough mode usable for users who are running the hypervisor without elevated privileges.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
Community♦
1
answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
cl-netboxcl-netbox
25.8k572113
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
Community♦
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
Community♦
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37
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answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
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cl-netboxcl-netbox
25.8k572113
answered May 15 '16 at 15:50
cl-netboxcl-netbox
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25.8k572113
That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning ofMappingand friends.
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand howpassthroughcould work, because I don't have thisvagrant:vagrantuser on host. What if I runrootuser inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host inpassthroughmode just because name matches?
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
|
show 2 more comments
That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning ofMappingand friends.
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand howpassthroughcould work, because I don't have thisvagrant:vagrantuser on host. What if I runrootuser inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host inpassthroughmode just because name matches?
– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning of
Mapping and friends.– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That shows a workaround, but doesn't explain the meaning of
Mapping and friends.– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 16:17
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand how
passthrough could work, because I don't have this vagrant:vagrant user on host. What if I run root user inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host in passthrough mode just because name matches?– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
That makes it more clear, thanks. I don't understand how
passthrough could work, because I don't have this vagrant:vagrant user on host. What if I run root user inside guess - will it be able to access everything on host in passthrough mode just because name matches?– anatoly techtonik
May 15 '16 at 17:54
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
@anatolytechtonik : You can try it out ... but I assume that you want to run it as normal user, which is the safer way and the reason why I suggested the solution that worked without further problems in my case. :)
– cl-netbox
May 15 '16 at 17:58
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
Before trying I'd like to understand how it should work.
– anatoly techtonik
May 16 '16 at 5:16
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
@anatolytechtonik : The most relevant part is about giving the necessary permissions and the difference between the modes are explained. :)
– cl-netbox
May 16 '16 at 8:07
|
show 2 more comments
Share modes define how the virtualised (p9fs) file system is presented to the guest machine. There are important implications for permission mapping. To understand this, it's important to remember that the virtualised file system needs to manage permissions of files and they may not be the same in the host as they are in the guest.
The best docs I have found regarding the modes is from the libvirt docs:
The filesystem block has an optional attribute accessmode which specifies the security mode for accessing the source (since 0.8.5). Currently this only works with type='mount' for the QEMU/KVM driver. The possible values are:
passthrough
Thesourceis accessed with the permissions of the user inside the guest. This is the defaultaccessmodeif one is not specified. More info. Beware that changes to permissions/ownership will affect all guests using that filesystem. This mode is generally quite fast.
mapped
The source is accessed with the permissions of the hypervisor (QEMU process). More info.
This means you need to make sure that files on the hypervisor are accessible to the QEMU process (usernamelibvirt-qemuon my setup). The advantage is that file attributes and permissions are "mapped" for the guest so that they are independent changes elsewhere (as long as the files stay accessible). If your host system supports ACLs, this mode will also allow proper ACL support in the guest. This mode is generally a bit slower than passthrough.
squash
Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor as non-root. More info
answered Jan 10 at 15:44
FGiorlandoFGiorlando
101
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also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
2 days ago
add a comment |
Share modes define how the virtualised (p9fs) file system is presented to the guest machine. There are important implications for permission mapping. To understand this, it's important to remember that the virtualised file system needs to manage permissions of files and they may not be the same in the host as they are in the guest.
The best docs I have found regarding the modes is from the libvirt docs:
The filesystem block has an optional attribute accessmode which specifies the security mode for accessing the source (since 0.8.5). Currently this only works with type='mount' for the QEMU/KVM driver. The possible values are:
passthrough
Thesourceis accessed with the permissions of the user inside the guest. This is the defaultaccessmodeif one is not specified. More info. Beware that changes to permissions/ownership will affect all guests using that filesystem. This mode is generally quite fast.
mapped
The source is accessed with the permissions of the hypervisor (QEMU process). More info.
This means you need to make sure that files on the hypervisor are accessible to the QEMU process (usernamelibvirt-qemuon my setup). The advantage is that file attributes and permissions are "mapped" for the guest so that they are independent changes elsewhere (as long as the files stay accessible). If your host system supports ACLs, this mode will also allow proper ACL support in the guest. This mode is generally a bit slower than passthrough.
squash
Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor as non-root. More info
answered Jan 10 at 15:44
FGiorlandoFGiorlando
101
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FGiorlando is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
2 days ago
add a comment |
Share modes define how the virtualised (p9fs) file system is presented to the guest machine. There are important implications for permission mapping. To understand this, it's important to remember that the virtualised file system needs to manage permissions of files and they may not be the same in the host as they are in the guest.
The best docs I have found regarding the modes is from the libvirt docs:
The filesystem block has an optional attribute accessmode which specifies the security mode for accessing the source (since 0.8.5). Currently this only works with type='mount' for the QEMU/KVM driver. The possible values are:
passthrough
Thesourceis accessed with the permissions of the user inside the guest. This is the defaultaccessmodeif one is not specified. More info. Beware that changes to permissions/ownership will affect all guests using that filesystem. This mode is generally quite fast.
mapped
The source is accessed with the permissions of the hypervisor (QEMU process). More info.
This means you need to make sure that files on the hypervisor are accessible to the QEMU process (usernamelibvirt-qemuon my setup). The advantage is that file attributes and permissions are "mapped" for the guest so that they are independent changes elsewhere (as long as the files stay accessible). If your host system supports ACLs, this mode will also allow proper ACL support in the guest. This mode is generally a bit slower than passthrough.
squash
Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor as non-root. More info
answered Jan 10 at 15:44
FGiorlandoFGiorlando
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Share modes define how the virtualised (p9fs) file system is presented to the guest machine. There are important implications for permission mapping. To understand this, it's important to remember that the virtualised file system needs to manage permissions of files and they may not be the same in the host as they are in the guest.
The best docs I have found regarding the modes is from the libvirt docs:
The filesystem block has an optional attribute accessmode which specifies the security mode for accessing the source (since 0.8.5). Currently this only works with type='mount' for the QEMU/KVM driver. The possible values are:
passthrough
Thesourceis accessed with the permissions of the user inside the guest. This is the defaultaccessmodeif one is not specified. More info. Beware that changes to permissions/ownership will affect all guests using that filesystem. This mode is generally quite fast.
mapped
The source is accessed with the permissions of the hypervisor (QEMU process). More info.
This means you need to make sure that files on the hypervisor are accessible to the QEMU process (usernamelibvirt-qemuon my setup). The advantage is that file attributes and permissions are "mapped" for the guest so that they are independent changes elsewhere (as long as the files stay accessible). If your host system supports ACLs, this mode will also allow proper ACL support in the guest. This mode is generally a bit slower than passthrough.
squash
Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor as non-root. More info
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also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
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also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
2 days ago
also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
2 days ago
also note that passthrough mode does seem to have some issues with writing files, I have also encountered the issue listed here: serverfault.com/questions/559726/… Squash mode seems to work better
– FGiorlando
2 days ago
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