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--- Begin Message ---
Package: kvm
Version: 71+dfsg-1
Severity: wishlist
It would be nice if there was a standard way for users to get write
access to /dev/kvm, without running kvm itself as root.
The typical debian method, I guess would be to create a "kvm" group and
use that group for /dev/kvm. Then one could give a normal user kvm
access by adding them to the "kvm" group.
I did this manually just to see if it would work:
$ sudo addgroup kvm
$ sudo chgrp kvm /dev/kvm
$ sudo adduser miles kvm
things seemed to work ok after that.
Thanks,
-Miles
-- Package-specific info:
selected information from lshal(1):
/proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 1100.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm
cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4412.90
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 1100.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm
cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4409.62
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
processor : 2
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2200.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm
cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4409.47
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
processor : 3
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 1100.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm
cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4409.49
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kvm depends on:
ii adduser 3.108 add and remove users and groups
ii bridge-utils 1.4-4 Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii iproute 20080725-2 networking and traffic control too
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgnutls26 2.4.1-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080713-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.13-2 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii python 2.5.2-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages kvm recommends:
ii linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 [l 2.6.25-7 Linux 2.6.25 image on AMD64
ii linux-image-2.6.25-2-vserver- 2.6.25-7 Linux 2.6.25 image on AMD64
Versions of packages kvm suggests:
pn debootstrap <none> (no description available)
ii hal 0.5.11-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
pn kvm-source <none> (no description available)
pn samba <none> (no description available)
pn vde2 <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 88+dfsg-2
Package: kvm
Hi,
this has been fixed in kvm 88 at least.
Cheers,
-- Guido
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