Thank you, you've been very clear. Let me know if I can help anyhow with future testings on this item - that's the only thing I can do to help :-)
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Peter Grehan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > do you see any particolar problem (devices who need to have the owner >> changed, limitations of any kind...?) in running BHyVe as non-root? >> > > There's 2 issues - firstly, bhyve is new and hasn't had a lot of > exposure. It's probably safest to restrict it to root for a while to avoid > exposing non-root users to unforeseen security issues. > > Secondly, the current implementation doesn't tie all resource usage to a > process. The split of bhyveload/bhyve allows VM memory to be tied to a > memory object associated with the VM. This complicates the tracking system > memory usage, which is usually done on a process basis. The fix for this, > in progress, is to use a single process for a VM, and avoid a separate > loading process. > > The goal is to allow non-root usage, but there's still a ways to go for > that. > > later, > > Peter. > -- *Andrea BrancatelliSchema 31 S.r.l. - Socio UnicoResponsabile ITROMA - FIRENZE - PALERMO ITALYTel: +39. 06.98.358.472* *Cell: +39 331.2488468Fax: +39. 055.71.880.466Società del Gruppo SC31 ITALIA* _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
