Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] warning when not running "xm" as root

[aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/18/05, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Currently -unstable requires user must be root to run xm. But
> > the error spit out is not clear enough, or even misleaded
> > ("Error: Error connecting to xend, is xend running?")
> >
> > This patch checks to see if the user is root, and warns if
> > not (patched against cset 1.1440)
> 
> Thanks. I'd appreciate it if you could knock up a patch that enables the
> user/group of the unix domain socket used for xm-xend communication to
> be set in xend-config.sxp, defaulting to root/root. It would be great if
> you could update the error message accordingly.

you meant you want user to be able to reconfigure it incase he wishes
to run xm under unprivileged user/group?

ok, i will take a look to see what can be done.
-- 
regards,
aq

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