Xen users - Oct 2006 - Re: Programatically checking if we''re in a domU or dom0

Thanks for your answers...

But IMHO it''s hacky and error-prone to rely
on the name of the host to determine 
if it''s a domU or a dom0 (or an unmodified
kernel)  :(

I don''t like that much neither changing
the name of the kernel  :-/

I need to be able to determine, as a
normal user (that is: non-root), if I''m
running in a domU or not (I can already
tell if I''m running on a modified kernel
or not by checking /proc/xen).

Currently I''m parsing the process in 
memory and looking for xend.  It works
here, on the various system I tried.

But I don''t know if it would be somehow
technically possible to launch a "xend"
in a domU (I don''t *want* to do that, I''m
simply concerned that it could happen, by
mistake), hence my original post, asking
if it''s possible to start xend in a domU
or not.

At the moment, I do this:

if (/proc/xen/ exists) 
   --> modified kernel
else
   --> non-modified kernel
fi

if (modified kernel)
   if (ps output contains xend) 
        --> dom0
   else
        --> domU
   fi
fi

Is parsing the output of ps, looking
for xend, *once I know I''ve got a
modified kernel*, an acceptable way
to differentiate, *as a normal user*,
between a dom0 and a domU?

Oh well, anyway I think I''ll follow
Andrew Ross''s advice of checking for
control_d in /proc/xen/capabilities.
I''ll just wrap the call to my shell
script in an SUID executable (seen
that "chmod +s" on a shell script
has no effect) so that a non-root
user can acces that info.

thanks all and tell me if you have
a cleaner way to do it,

  Jean








	

	
		
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