[Slackbuilds-users] libvirt SlackBuild running domains detection

[Mathieu Bouillaguet]

Hi,

The libvirtd startup script included in the current SlackBuild doesn't
reliably detetct running domains and consequently doesn't stop them when
stopping the libvirt daemon.

Currently it executes a grep on the keyword 'running'. This doesn't work on
system with localized variables since the word 'running' will be translated.

A reliable way would be to use the command "virsh list --name
--state-running" which outputs the name of the currently running domains.

On another subject it may be good to use the configure option --qemu-user
to run the qemu virtual machines with another user than root.

It is stronlgy recommended by upstream :
"It is possible to change this default by using the
--with-qemu-user=$USERNAME and --with-qemu-group=$GROUPNAME arguments to
'configure' during build. It is strongly recommended that vendors build
with both of these arguments set to 'qemu'."
http://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html#securitydac

Currently all qemu virtual machnie are executed with root user and
priviledges unless it is built with optional dependency libcapng. See
http://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html#securitycap

Cordially

Mathieu Bouillaguet
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