Re: [Libguestfs] [libguestfs PATCH 4/7] docs: clarify sockdir's separation

2023-07-14 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 12:29:26PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > On 7/14/23 11:42, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:10:49PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > >> There's another reason for separating sockdir from tmpdir, beyond "shorter > >> pathnames needed": permissions. For

Re: [Libguestfs] [libguestfs PATCH 4/7] docs: clarify sockdir's separation

2023-07-14 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 7/14/23 11:42, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:10:49PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> There's another reason for separating sockdir from tmpdir, beyond "shorter >> pathnames needed": permissions. For example, passt drops privileges such >> that it cannot access "/tmp", and

Re: [Libguestfs] [libguestfs PATCH 4/7] docs: clarify sockdir's separation

2023-07-14 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:10:49PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > There's another reason for separating sockdir from tmpdir, beyond "shorter > pathnames needed": permissions. For example, passt drops privileges such > that it cannot access "/tmp", and that restricts both the unix domain > socket and

[Libguestfs] [libguestfs PATCH 4/7] docs: clarify sockdir's separation

2023-07-13 Thread Laszlo Ersek
There's another reason for separating sockdir from tmpdir, beyond "shorter pathnames needed": permissions. For example, passt drops privileges such that it cannot access "/tmp", and that restricts both the unix domain socket and the PID file of passt. Bugzilla: