On Wed 25-05-11 15:27:14, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Thu 19-05-11 14:44:17, Balbir Singh wrote: > > * Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.cz> [2011-05-19 10:59:29]: > > > > > On Tue 17-05-11 19:31:21, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.cz> wrote: > > > > > On Tue 17-05-11 12:57:11, Jan Safranek wrote: > > > > >> On 05/16/2011 02:07 PM, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > > >> > The patch checks whether uid differs from gid either for task or > > > > >> > admin > > > > >> > and automatically changes the file and directory permissions to be > > > > >> > user > > > > >> > and group read&write (and executable for directories). > > > > >> > > > > >> Why is gid and uid compared together? > > > > > > > > > > The point is that if you specigy different gui than uid you are doing > > > > > that probably because you want to grant access to that group which is > > > > > not possible without group permissions. My cgroups tools are not > > > > > setuid > > > > > so I cannot use cgexec to any groups with this layout. > > > > > > > > > > > > > That still does not mean that the uid and gid can be directly > > > > compared, and if there is even a direct relationship. You have to > > > > setup the group permissions regardless. > > > > > > So if I understand you correctly, you are saying that if I want to use > > > libcgroup package and its tools I have to setup permissions manually? > > > If that is the case then I would consider the commit which changes the > > > permissions setting as regression. > > > > > > SLE11-SP1 uses libcgroup 0.34 where I can use cgexec without any issues, > > > OpenSUSE 11.3 has 0.36 is safe as well. Debian (current testing) > > > has 0.37.1 (which contains fa3d180b) doesn't work that way anymore. > > > > > > Please note that the solution proposed here is just a workaround. I do > > > not like it as well. If you guys say that the the stable release can > > > introduce configuration enhancements then I am fine with the perm > > > setting in configuration as well. I am almost ready with it. > > > > I am OK with a work around, simply because we had some form of it > > before. The configuration enhancements can happen as a follow up. > > > > What do others feel? > > Any follow up for this?
OK, it seems that there is no motivation in changing the behavior. I have downgraded to 0.36 which works sufficiently well for me. I hope that the other permissions handling patch set gets into he code soon. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs SUSE LINUX s.r.o. Lihovarska 1060/12 190 00 Praha 9 Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Libcg-devel mailing list Libcg-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libcg-devel
