Re: [libvirt-users] Permission problem with /dev/net/tun

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Daniel, On 07/08/2013 11:41 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> the symptom my libvirt LXC container suffers from is: >> root@depot:/dev/net# ls -la total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 >> Jun 29 16:26 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 480 Jun 29 16:26 .. >> root@depot:/dev/net# mknod tun c 10 200 mknod: `tun': Operation >> not permitted > Allowing the container direct access to the hosts' /dev would be a > security flaw, so libvirt sets up a private /dev for the > container. Allowing the container to use mknod would also be > insecure, so we blocking mknod using both cgroups device ACL, and > also droping the CAP_MKNOD capability. > http://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html#devnodes Good to know. > Any device that the container is authorized to access per the XML > configuration, will be pre-created in the container's /dev. To > explicitly allow /dev/net/tun you need to tell libvirt about it. > http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsHostDevCaps Thanks! I extended the 'devices' section as follows: <hostdev mode='capabilities' type='misc'> <source> <char>/dev/net/tun</char> </source> </hostdev> ... because even though /dev/net/tun is used for networking, it appears as a character device. (Btw: The documentation says in the hostdev section: ''For block/character device passthrough mode is always "capabilities" and type is "block" for a block device, "char" for a character device and "net" for a host network interface.'' When I specify type='char', I get an error from virsh.) With this XML, I can define the container. But upon start, I get the following error message: Fehler: internal error guest failed to start: PATH=/bin:/sbin TERM=linux container=lxc-libvirt container_uuid=f3602503-9603-24aa-7dd8-fccc830a802b LIBVIRT_LXC_UUID=f3602503-9603-24aa-7dd8-fccc830a802b LIBVIRT_LXC_NAME=depot /sbin/init 2013-07-08 21:36:50.735+0000: 1: info : libvirt version: 1.0.2 2013-07-08 21:36:50.735+0000: 1: error : lxcContainerSetupHostdevCapsMisc:1490 : Unable to create device /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory 2013-07-08 21:36:50.744+0000: 19537: info : libvirt version: 1.0.2 2013-07-08 21:36:50.744+0000: 19537: error : virCommandWait:2287 : internal error Child process (ip link set veth6 netns 19538) unexpected exit status 2: RTNETLINK answers: No such process 2013-07-08 21:36:50.786+0000: 19537: error : virCommandWait:2287 : internal error Child process (ip link del veth4) unexpected exit status 1: Cannot find device "veth4" On the host, /dev/net/tun exists as character device: root@main:~# ls -la /dev/net/tun crw-rw-rwT 1 root root 10, 200 Jul 8 23:45 /dev/net/tun What am I doing wrong ...?