Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Allow all user to create a file under the directory /var/lib/xen

[Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/29/15 8:39 PM, Wen Congyang wrote:
> We may use non-root user to run qemu, and the qemu needs to write
> save file to /var/lib/xen. So we should allow all user to create
> a file under the directory /var/lib/xen
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
> index 820ca40..402b417 100644
> --- a/tools/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/Makefile
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ build all: subdirs-all
>  install: subdirs-install
>       $(INSTALL_DIR) -m 700 $(DESTDIR)$(XEN_DUMP_DIR)
>       $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/log/xen
> -     $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/xen
> +     $(INSTALL_DIR) -m 777 $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/xen
>  
>  .PHONY: uninstall
>  uninstall: D=$(DESTDIR)
> 

I could be wrong but this doesn't seem like something that you'd want to
do given what's stored in there. Could you do something with permissions
on sub-directories to achieve what you need?

-- 
Doug Goldstein

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