The description of '-runas' and '-run-with' didn't explain that QEMU
will use setuid/setgid to implement the option, so the user might get
confused if using 'elevateprivileges=deny' as well.
Since '-runas' is going to be deprecated and replaced by '-run-with'
in the coming qemu9.1, add the message there.
Signed-off-by: Boqiao Fu <bfu@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAFRHJ6J9uMk+HMZL+W+KE1yoRCOLPgbPUVVDku55sdXYiGXXHg@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
in combination with -runas.
``user=username`` or ``user=uid:gid`` can be used to drop root privileges
- by switching to the specified user (via username) or user and group
- (via uid:gid) immediately before starting guest execution.
+ before starting guest execution. QEMU will use the ``setuid`` and ``setgid``
+ system calls to switch to the specified identity. Note that the
+ ``user=username`` syntax will also apply the full set of supplementary
+ groups for the user, whereas the ``user=uid:gid`` will use only the
+ ``gid`` group.
ERST
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