Re: [Qemu-discuss] Tap Devices

[Mike Lovell]

On 11/30/2012 02:26 AM, Frans de Boer wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> Great to have your response. By showing that sudo can be tailored to 
> specific programs, it is possible to remove the suid bit too. Have to 
> check only if I can restrict to one user only, otherwise it does not 
> matter whether the suid is used or sudo. Oh well, gone dive deeper 
> into sudo, which I never have done before.

you can restrict sudo rules to just one person. in the example i listed, 
you would change %qemu to the username.

> Yes, whoami is much better, I knew there was something but could not 
> remember the function name :\.
>
> I just wanted to try avoiding using the brcompat component from 
> openvSwitch. On the other hand, I am still experimenting, and maybe 
> the standard kernel bridge is also good enough. Ah well, I keep on 
> experimenting using the various components.

i don't know all the implications of using brcompat so there maybe 
downsides. it did take a while to get it set up on my ubuntu 12.10 box. 
it may not be the best answer but it does work.

mike