Right now we create lock/pid file in /usr/local/var/... and unprivliged user does not have access to create files there.
Hence, in unprivileged mode, create this file in per user cache dir as specified by environment variable XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgo...@redhat.com> --- tools/virtiofsd/fuse_virtio.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_virtio.c b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_virtio.c index 6b21a93841..1551a94757 100644 --- a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_virtio.c +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_virtio.c @@ -972,8 +972,21 @@ static bool fv_socket_lock(struct fuse_session *se) g_autofree gchar *pidfile = NULL; g_autofree gchar *dir = NULL; Error *local_err = NULL; + gboolean unprivileged = false; - dir = qemu_get_local_state_pathname("run/virtiofsd"); + if (geteuid() != 0) + unprivileged = true; + + /* + * Unpriviliged users don't have access to /usr/local/var. Hence + * store lock/pid file in per user cache directory. Use environment + * variable XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. + */ + if (unprivileged) { + dir = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtiofsd", g_get_user_runtime_dir()); + } else { + dir = qemu_get_local_state_pathname("run/virtiofsd"); + } if (g_mkdir_with_parents(dir, S_IRWXU) < 0) { fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "%s: Failed to create directory %s: %s", -- 2.25.4