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Bug 636156 - RFE: security: restore original file label/owner
Summary: RFE: security: restore original file label/owner
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libvirt
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Libvirt Maintainers
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: 1120544 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: TRACKER-bugs-affecting-libguestfs libvirtTodoSecurity
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Reported: 2010-09-21 15:14 UTC by Daniel Berrangé
Modified: 2020-04-15 13:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-15 13:42:22 UTC
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Red Hat Bugzilla 547546 0 low CLOSED RFE: the security drivers must remember original permissions/labels and restore them after 2022-05-16 11:32:56 UTC

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Description Daniel Berrangé 2010-09-21 15:14:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
Change the QEMU DAC security driver so that it uses POSIX ACLs on files instead of changing their UID/GID.

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Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2016-03-22 22:34:29 UTC 
There's been various patches posted over the years but nothing committed, nor a solid approach chosen:

Posix ACLs:
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00203.html
v3: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00497.html
v4: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00887.html
v5: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg01289.html

Using virtlockd:
v1: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-September/msg00551.html
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-October/msg00331.html
Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2016-04-10 19:06:05 UTC 
*** Bug 1120544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Daniel Berrangé 2020-04-15 13:42:22 UTC 
Current versions of libvirt use XATTR to remember ownership and restore it
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