[libvirt] [PATCH] Switching on QEMU access control lists

Neil Wilson neil at brightbox.co.uk
Mon Jan 10 09:52:56 UTC 2011


Hi,

Here's the patch to add basic ACL support to QEMU within libvirt. Like
SASL it's ignored by RHEL5's default qemu. Newer qemu picks it up as
expected and you can manipulate the acls using 'virsh'. 


diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu.conf b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
index ba41f80..7ab5eee 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@
 # vnc_sasl = 1
 
 
+# Enable the VNC access control lists. When switched on this will
+# initially block all vnc users from accessing the vnc server. To
+# add and remove ids from the ACLs you will need to send the
appropriate
+# commands to the qemu monitor as required by your particular version
of
+# QEMU. See the QEMU documentation for more details.
+# 
+# vnc_acl = 1
+
+
 # The default SASL configuration file is located in /etc/sasl2/
 # When running libvirtd unprivileged, it may be desirable to
 # override the configs in this location. Set this parameter to
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 7dd8e03..0ffeaab 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3542,8 +3542,11 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                     virCommandAddEnvPair(cmd, "SASL_CONF_DIR",
                                          driver->vncSASLdir);
 
-                /* TODO: Support ACLs later */
             }
+
+	    if (driver->vncACL) 
+	        virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",acl");
+	    
         } else {
             virBufferVSprintf(&opt, "%d",
                               def->graphics[0]->data.vnc.port - 5900);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index e1502dc..806432d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ int qemudLoadDriverConfig(struct qemud_driver
*driver,
         }
     }
 
+    p = virConfGetValue (conf, "vnc_acl");
+    CHECK_TYPE ("vnc_acl", VIR_CONF_LONG);
+    if (p) driver->vncACL = p->l;
+
     p = virConfGetValue (conf, "spice_tls");
     CHECK_TYPE ("spice_tls", VIR_CONF_LONG);
     if (p) driver->spiceTLS = p->l;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index 83ddedd..3e7506d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct qemud_driver {
     unsigned int vncTLS : 1;
     unsigned int vncTLSx509verify : 1;
     unsigned int vncSASL : 1;
+    unsigned int vncACL : 1;
     char *vncTLSx509certdir;
     char *vncListen;
     char *vncPassword;




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