Commit fafcc818f changed the docs to say that when creating a pool directory or file volume with no owner/group specified, they will be inherited from the parent directory. This isn't correct now and doesn't seem to have ever been correct In reality default owner/group is whatever UID/GID libvirtd is running as Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/formatstorage.html.in | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in index 6ebd23549f..968651330f 100644 --- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in +++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in @@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ The <code>owner</code> element contains the numeric user ID. The <code>group</code> element contains the numeric group ID. If <code>owner</code> or <code>group</code> aren't specified when - creating a directory, the values are inherited from the parent - directory. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux) + creating a directory, the UID and GID of the libvirtd process are used. + The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux) label string. <span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span> For running directory or filesystem based pools, these fields @@ -776,8 +776,8 @@ The <code>owner</code> element contains the numeric user ID. The <code>group</code> element contains the numeric group ID. If <code>owner</code> or <code>group</code> aren't specified when - creating a supported volume, the values are inherited from the parent - directory. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux) + creating a supported volume, the UID and GID of the libvirtd process + are used. The <code>label</code> element contains the MAC (eg SELinux) label string. For existing directory or filesystem based volumes, these fields will be filled with the values used by the existing file. -- 2.20.1