Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit 06/10] server: Make --run imply -U -

2023-09-11 Thread Eric Blake
On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 02:57:54PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Almost always when you used nbdkit --run you should also use -U - (to > use a private Unix domain socket). Otherwise nbdkit listened on TCP > port 10809, which had two bad side effects: It permitted other > processes to

[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit 06/10] server: Make --run imply -U -

2023-09-09 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
Almost always when you used nbdkit --run you should also use -U - (to use a private Unix domain socket). Otherwise nbdkit listened on TCP port 10809, which had two bad side effects: It permitted other processes to interfere with your --run command, and it reserved a public TCP port which would