Changeset a4b0c6d

Timestamp:

04/10/2023 08:17:17 AM (13 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

ad897739, efd83db

Parents:

dfde664

Message:

eudev: Set /dev/kvm mode to 0660 and tag it "uaccess"

See the parent commit for rationale.

File:

• chapter08/eudev.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/eudev.xml

@@ -40 +40 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Eudev</title>
-
-    
 
     <para>First fix the location of udev rules in the .pc file:</para>
@@ -88 +86 @@
       <secondary>configuring</secondary>
     </indexterm>
+
+    <indexterm zone="conf-eudev">
+      <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules">/etc/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <para>
+      The default udev rule installed by Eudev would allow all users to
+      access <filename class='devicefile'>/dev/kvm</filename>.  The editors
+      consider it dangerous.  Create a configuration file to override it:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
     <indexterm zone="conf-eudev">