Re: [libvirt-users] virDomainCoreDumpWithFormat files created as root
On 28.05.2015 09:29, NoxDaFox wrote:
Greetings,
I am dumping a guest VM memory for inspection using the command
"virDomainCoreDumpWithFormat" and the created files appear to belong to
root (both user and group).
I have searched around but didn't find any answer. Is there a way to
instruct QEMU to create those files under a different user?
The coredump should belong to the user:group that the domain in question
is running under. If (by default) your qemu processes run under
root:root so will the coredump.
Although, I'm wondering if we should not disregard this and make
coredump be always owned by root:root since a coredump may contain
sensitive info, e.g. all kinds of cipher keys. We do that with disk
images, so maybe we should reconsider our politics with coredumps.
Michal