Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] v2v: ova: Make OVA directory public readable to work around libvirt bug (RHBZ#1375157).

Only do this if running as root and if the backend is set to libvirt. --- v2v/input_ova.ml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/v2v/input_ova.ml b/v2v/input_ova.ml index 4f848e2..bb9cb1b 100644 --- a/v2v/input_ova.ml +++ b/v2v/input_ova.ml @@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ object (* Exploded path must be absolute (RHBZ#1155121). *) let exploded = absolute_path exploded in + (* If virt-v2v is running as root, and the backend is libvirt, then + * we have to chmod the directory to 0755 and files to 0644 + * so it is readable by qemu.qemu. This is libvirt bug RHBZ#890291. + *) + if Unix.geteuid () = 0 then ( + let libguestfs_backend = (open_guestfs ())#get_backend () in + if libguestfs_backend = "libvirt" then ( + warning (f_"making OVA directory public readable to workaround libvirt bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/890291"); + let cmd = [ "chmod"; "-R"; "go=u,go-w"; exploded ] in + ignore (run_command cmd) + ) + ); +