[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#843881: request uid and gid allocation for libvirt-qemu

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Package: base-passwd
Version: 3.5.40
X-Debbugs-CC: pkg-libvirt-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

I'd like to request an uid and gid for the libvirt-qemu user/group.

This is in support of guest migration with disk images over NFS. That
requires the same uid/gid on source and target host systems, otherwise
IO requests for disk images (owned by libvirt-qemu) fail with -EACCES,
which causes IO errors in a guest undergoing migration.

The patches for libvirt will be submitted if the allocation is granted.
(patches for sid & Ubuntu currently attached in Launchpad bug #1637601)

According to 'base-passwd/README', this message has also been directly
sent to base-passwd at p.d.o (as follows). This bug report is for tracking 
purposes, if that helps.

 > You *may not* use any uids or gids in the 60000-64999 range without
 > *first* requesting an allocation from base-passwd at packages.debian.org
 > and waiting for confirmation that the allocation has been granted.

Thank you,

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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center