Bug#887852: /dev/kvm is no longer accessible to local users

[Michael Biebl]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:21:33 +0100 Alexander Kurtz <alexander at kurtz.be>
wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 236-3
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Until recently, /dev/kvm was made accessible to local users by this
> line in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-uaccess.rules:
> 
> 	# KVM
> 	SUBSYSTEM=="misc", KERNEL=="kvm", TAG+="uaccess"
> 
> However, as of systemd 236, the above rule seems to be gone. After
> reading up a bit on systemd's upstream and Debian bug tracker, I'm even
> more confused than before: Which package is supposed to manage
> permissions on /dev/kvm in Debian? Which package is supposed to create
> the "kvm" group? Is the missing access for local users intentional?

Isn't this setup by the qemu package in
/lib/udev/rules.d/60-qemu-system-common.rules:KERNEL=="kvm",
GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660"

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