[libvirt] libvirt authorization

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:13:26PM -0700, Scott Beardsley wrote:
> 
> > SASL is being supported.
> > Check out http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtVNCAuth
> 
> Doesn't SASL only provide an authentication (aka authN) layer? I'm
> looking for an authorization (aka authZ) layer. I'm using client SSL
> certs for authN.

That is correct. libvirtd currently provides TLS and SASL for their 
encryption and authentication capabilities.

Fine grained access control is a TODO item...


> Again this appears to focus on authN (with the exception of PolicyKit
> which provides both). I'm not sure PolicyKit will work with TLS/TCP
> connections since it appears to target unix sockets only (ie local users).

That is correct, PolicyKit is for UNIX domain sockets only.

Daniel
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