Hello, Well, the vserver has some CAP : I tried initially with CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_ADMIN but with no success.
After a bit of RTFS, I still believe that no additional CAP should be necessary but maybe am I wrong ? Any suggestion ? Ben * Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-19 11:12]: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:17:29PM -0500, Benoit des Ligneris wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We are trying to run an X server inside a vserver. We found some > > messages on the mailing list but no know success ;-) > > > > The errror we have is the following : > > ========= Extract of XFree86 log ============== > > * BIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) > > Using vt 7 > > (--) using VT number 7 > > > > (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to set IOPL for I/O > > ====End of Extract of XFree86 log ============== > > > > > > I noticed that it is not possible to access /dev/mem from inside a > > vserver. I think this is needed because X try to directly access the > > memory. > > > > Any idea to achieve that ? > > hmm, did you try to give proper capabilities to that > vserver? > > no need to mention that access to /dev/mem or /proc/mem > will allow to wipe out your host machine ... > > best, > Herbert > > > Thanks by advance, > > > > Ben > > > > -- > > Benoit des Ligneris Ph. D. > > President de Revolution Linux http://www.revolutionlinux.com/ > > OSCAR Chair http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/ > > Chef de projet EduLinux http://www.edulinux.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Vserver mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver -- Benoit des Ligneris Ph. D. President de Revolution Linux http://www.revolutionlinux.com/ OSCAR Chair http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/ Chef de projet EduLinux http://www.edulinux.org/ _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
