Qemu-start
Wed, 10/29/2014 - 14:41
Start Qemu safely and access tap devices
Maintenance status:
No longer maintained or developed
Copyright:
(c) 2006-2008 Frodo Looijaard <frodo@frodo.looijaard.name>
Introduction
Qemu-Start is a small program that helps you start qemu in a safe and useful way. It has the following features:
- Start qemu as a non-privileged user
- Run qemu as a non-root user
- Propegates xauth information
- Only selected users can start qemu
- Existing tap network devices can be bound
It presumes all qemu instances will run under the same user-id (qemu). A group emulator is created; only members of this group are allowed to start qemu. Qemu is started with one ethernet interface, which is bound through a tap device. Xauthority data is automatically transferred if the DISPLAY variable is set.
Debian package and Subversion
Debian packages can be found at the Debian download page.
A browsable Subversion tree can be found at the ViewVC server.
The Subversion archive can be accessed through the following SVN URI:
svn://svn.frodo.looijaard.name/public/psiconv
Documentation
The following documentation is available online:
- The manual page of qemu-start(1).
- The README.