It will not work. This breaks qemu capabilities probing as a user.
---
src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 7ed5f94803..81ef0357e7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -4524,7 +4524,8 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMPCommandRun(virQEMUCapsInitQMPCommandPtr cmd,
#if WITH_CAPNG
/* QEMU might run into permission issues, e.g. /dev/sev (0600), override
* them just for the purpose of probing */
- virCommandAllowCap(cmd->cmd, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
+ if (geteuid() == 0)
+ virCommandAllowCap(cmd->cmd, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
#endif
virCommandSetGID(cmd->cmd, cmd->runGid);
--
2.20.1