Re: [libvirt-users] [libvirt] Libvirtd running as root tries to access oneadmin (OpenNebula) NFS mount but throws: error: can’t canonicalize path

Hey Martin, Thanks very much. Appreciate you jumping in on this thread.

You see, that's just it. I've configured libvirt .conf files to run as oneadmin.oneadmin (non previlidged) for that NFS share and I can access all the files on that share as oneadmin without error, including the one you listed. But libvirtd, by default, always starts as root. So it's doing something as root, despite being configured to access the share as oneadmin. As oneadmin I can access that file no problem. Here's how I read the file off the node on which the NFS share is mounted on: [oneadmin@mdskvm-p01 ~]$ ls -altri /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1 34642274 -rw-r--r-- 1 oneadmin oneadmin 372736 Apr 5 00:20 /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1 [oneadmin@mdskvm-p01 ~]$ file /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1 /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1: # ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'CONTEXT' [oneadmin@mdskvm-p01 ~]$ strings /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1|head CD001 LINUX CONTEXT GENISOIMAGE ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997-2006 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING (C) 2006-2007 CDRKIT TEAM 2016040500205600 2016040500205600 0000000000000000 2016040500205600 CD001 2016040500205600 2016040500205600 [oneadmin@mdskvm-p01 ~]$ My NFS mount looks as follows ( I have to use root_squash for security reasons. I'm sure it will work using no_root_squash but that option is not an option here.): [root@mdskvm-p01 ~]# grep nfs /etc/fstab # 192.168.0.70:/var/lib/one/ /var/lib/one/ nfs context=system_u:object_r:nfs_t:s0,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noauto 192.168.0.70:/var/lib/one/ /var/lib/one/ nfs soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noauto [root@mdskvm-p01 ~]# [root@opennebula01 ~]# cat /etc/exports /var/lib/one/ *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,root_squash) [root@opennebula01 ~]# So I dug deeper and see that there is a possibility libvirtd is trying to access that NFS mount as root as some level because as root I also get a permission denied to the NFS share above. Rightly so since I have root_squash that I need to keep. But libvirtd should be able to access the file as oneadmin as I have above. It's not and this is what I read on it: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00194.html Comment is: "The current implementation works for local storage only and returns the canonical path of the volume." But it seems the logic is applied to NFS mounts. Perhaps it shouldn't be? Anyway to get around this problem? This is CentOS 7 . My post with OpenNebula is here from which this conversation originates: https://forum.opennebula.org/t/libvirtd-running-as-root-tries-to-access-o... Cheers, Tom K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Living on earth is expensive, but it includes a free trip around the sun. On 4/12/2016 10:03 AM, Martin Kletzander wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 08:02:04PM -0400, TomK wrote: >> Hey All, >> >> Wondering if anyone had any suggestions on this topic? >> > > The only thing I can come up with is: > '/var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1': Permission denied > > ... that don't have access to that file. Could you elaborate on that? > > I think it's either: > > a) you are running the domain as root or > > b) we don't use the domain's uid/gid to canonicalize the path. > > But if read access is enough for canonicalizing that path, I think the > problem is purely with permissions. > >> Cheers, >> Tom K. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Living on earth is expensive, but it includes a free trip around the >> sun. >> >> On 4/9/2016 11:08 AM, TomK wrote: >>> Adding in libvir-list. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Tom K. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Living on earth is expensive, but it includes a free trip around the >>> sun. >>> >>> On 4/7/2016 7:32 PM, TomK wrote: >>>> Hey All, >>>> >>>> I've an issue where libvirtd tries to access an NFS mount but errors >>>> out with: can't canonicalize path '/var/lib/one//datastores/0 . The >>>> unprevilidged user is able to read/write fine to the share. >>>> root_squash is used and for security reasons no_root_squash cannot be >>>> used. >>>> >>>> On the controller and node SELinux is disabled. >>>> >>>> [oneadmin@mdskvm-p01 ~]$ virsh -d 1 --connect qemu:///system create >>>> /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/deployment.0 >>>> create: file(optdata): /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/deployment.0 >>>> error: Failed to create domain from >>>> /var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/deployment.0 >>>> error: can't canonicalize path >>>> '/var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1': Permission denied >>>> >>>> I added some debug flags to get more info and added -x to the deploy >>>> script. Closest I get to more details is this: >>>> >>>> 2016-04-06 04:15:35.945+0000: 14072: debug : >>>> virStorageFileBackendFileInit:1441 : initializing FS storage file >>>> 0x7f6aa4009000 (file:/var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1)[9869:9869] >>>> 2016-04-06 04:15:35.954+0000: 14072: error : >>>> virStorageFileBackendFileGetUniqueIdentifier:1523 : can't >>>> canonicalize path '/var/lib/one//datastores/0/38/disk.1': >>>> >>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00194.html >>>> >>>> Comment is: "The current implementation works for local >>>> storage only and returns the canonical path of the volume." >>>> >>>> But it seems the logic is applied to NFS mounts. Perhaps it shouldn't >>>> be? Anyway to get around this problem? 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