[virt-tools-list] [PATCH virt-viewer 05/12] kiosk: disable session auto usb share

[Marc-André Lureau]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 09:36:12PM +0200, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
>
> Again, a description of why we want this change in the commit message....

That was in the RFE, without further explanation. I don't know either.
I will need to ask reporter why. I guess it's mostly to lock a bit
more the system? I agree, I am not sure it's necessary here.

>> ---
>>  src/virt-viewer-app.c | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/virt-viewer-app.c b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
>> index a38841c..d5acd2c 100644
>> --- a/src/virt-viewer-app.c
>> +++ b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
>> @@ -793,6 +793,10 @@ virt_viewer_app_create_session(VirtViewerApp *self, const gchar *type)
>>          return -1;
>>      }
>>
>> +
>> +    if (priv->kiosk)
>> +        virt_viewer_session_set_auto_usbredir(priv->session, FALSE);
>
> I'm not entirely sure it makes sense to unconditonally disable USB redir
> for kiosk modes. I think it could well be reasonable to allow a user to
> plug USB devices into the physical kiosk host and have them exposed to
> the guest. This might suggest the need for a cli arg to disable
> usb redir separately from kiosk mode.

We have already --spice-disable-usbredir. I'll remove that patch.


>
> Daniel
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