[one-users] a question on restricted use of context files by normal users in ONe3.2

[Hyun Woo Kim]

Thanks very much for the message.
We appreciate quick responses from opennebula developers..

Hyunwoo


On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Carlos Martín Sánchez wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Since OpenNebula 3.4 you can change the restricted attributes in oned.conf, see [1].
> 
> If for any reason you can't upgrade, the only option you have left is to modify the code. The list of restricted VM attributes is defined in src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc, VirtualMachineTemplate::RESTRICTED_ATTRIBUTES
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> [1] http://opennebula.org/documentation:rel3.4:compatibility#configuration_and_administration
> --
> Carlos Martín, MSc
> Project Engineer
> OpenNebula - The Open-source Solution for Data Center Virtualization
> www.OpenNebula.org | cmartin at opennebula.org | @OpenNebula
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Hyun Woo Kim <hyunwoo at fnal.gov> wrote:
> I am deploying OpenNebula 3.2 and I am observing a new feature different from ONe 3.0.
> 
> When a normal user in the "users" group wants to use the "files" attribute in CONTEXT
> and instantiate a new VM, we are getting the following error message;
> [TemplateInstantiate] Error allocating a new virtual machine. VM Template includes a restricted attribute CONTEXT/FILES.
> 
> I know that if the normal user can belong to oneadmin group, this error does not appear.
> 
> If this is actually how ONe3.2 works, can we get around this and let normal users use CONTEXT/FILES
> without having to change the user's group to oneadmin?
> 
> Thank you.
> Hyunwoo
> 
> 
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