Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-12-05 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-17 22:54, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey An easier event to trigger is the starting of the virtualbox guest. Upon vbox guest

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-17 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey An easier event to trigger is the starting of the virtualbox guest. Upon vbox guest starting, check the service properties for that instance of vboxsvc, and chmod if

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-15 21:43, Geoff Nordli wrote: Instead of using vdi, I use comstar targets and then use vbox built-in scsi initiator. Out of curiosity: in this case are there any devices whose ownership might get similarly botched, or you've tested that this approach also works well for non-root

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Robert Milkowski
No, there isn't other way to do it currently. SMF approach is probably the best option for the time being. I think that there should be couple of other properties for zvol where permissions could be stated. Best regards, Robert Milkowski http://milek.blogspot.com From:

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Nordli Instead of using vdi, I use comstar targets and then use vbox built-in scsi initiator. Based on my recent experiences, I am hesitant to use the iscsi ... I don't know if it was

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-16 12:43, Robert Milkowski wrote: No, there isn’t other way to do it currently. SMF approach is probably the best option for the time being. I think that there should be couple of other properties for zvol where permissions could be stated. +1 :) Well, when the subject was

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
Well, as a simple stone-age solution (to simplify your SMF approach), you can define custom attributes on dataset, zvols included. I think a custom attr must include a colon : in the name, and values can be multiline if needed. Simple example follows: # zfs set owner:user=jim pool/rsvd # zfs set

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-16 14:45, Jim Klimov wrote: Well, as a simple stone-age solution (to simplify your SMF approach), you can define custom attributes on dataset, zvols included. I think a custom attr must include a colon : in the name, and values can be multiline if needed. Simple example follows:

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris)
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jim Klimov Well, as a simple stone-age solution (to simplify your SMF approach), you can define custom attributes on dataset, zvols included. I think a custom attr must include a colon : in

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Brian Wilson
On 11/16/12, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-(javascript:main.compose() boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jim Klimov Well, as a simple stone-age solution (to simplify your SMF

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-16 Thread Geoff Nordli
On 12-11-16 03:02 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: On 2012-11-15 21:43, Geoff Nordli wrote: Instead of using vdi, I use comstar targets and then use vbox built-in scsi initiator. Out of curiosity: in this case are there any devices whose ownership might get similarly botched, or you've tested that this

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol access rights - chown zvol on reboot / startup / boot

2012-11-15 Thread Geoff Nordli
On 12-11-15 11:57 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: When I google around for anyone else who cares and may have already solved the problem before I came along - it seems we're all doing the same thing for the same reason.If by any chance you are running