vm cannot access cd-rom unless run as root
Bug #196850 reported by
ethana2
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virt-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Soren Hansen | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Soren Hansen |
Bug Description
When virt-manager is run from the gnome menu in Ubuntu Hardy, one cannot create a virtual machine that uses the CD-ROM drive of the host machine. No suggestions or instructions are provided for accessing the drive without exposing one's machine to the serious security risk of running virt-manager as root. On my machine, there is no cdrom group. When I changed the permissions of the CD-ROM device, virt-manager still would not let me use it unless run as root.
The CD drive option present when creating new virtual machines should not be greyed out when the permissions are incorrect; it should provide a means of obtaining the needed permissions securely.
Related branches
Changed in virt-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in virt-manager: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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I'm also experiencing this. The options to install the virtual machine from an iso file and from pxe boot are available, but the cdrom option is grayed out. I have an Alpha 6 disk in my cdrom drive.