Running QEMU as root is a pretty bad idea, so try to make the
user aware of that as part of the configure summary.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com>
---
m4/virt-driver-qemu.m4 | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/m4/virt-driver-qemu.m4 b/m4/virt-driver-qemu.m4
index 385d5307a9..eeb96f6ee5 100644
--- a/m4/virt-driver-qemu.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-driver-qemu.m4
@@ -112,5 +112,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_DRIVER_RESULT_QEMU], [
])
AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_QEMU_PRIVILEGES], [
- LIBVIRT_RESULT([QEMU], [$QEMU_USER:$QEMU_GROUP])
+ if test "$QEMU_USER" = "root"; then
+ LIBVIRT_RESULT([QEMU], [$QEMU_USER:$QEMU_GROUP],
+ [!!! running QEMU as root is strongly discouraged !!!])
+ else
+ LIBVIRT_RESULT([QEMU], [$QEMU_USER:$QEMU_GROUP])
+ fi
])
--
2.20.1