https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213689
Bug ID: 213689
Summary: Allow bhyve to run from non-root user
Product: Base System
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: amd64
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Some People
Priority: ---
Component: kern
Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: ivan.zhm...@gmail.com
CC: freebsd-am...@freebsd.org
CC: freebsd-am...@freebsd.org
Created attachment 176037
--> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=176037&action=edit
The patch
Hello. I've tried a new bhyve from FreeBSD 11.0, with its new graphics support,
it's great, many thanks to developers. I do not need VirtualBox anymore!
The only annoying problem with it is inability to run a virtual machine from an
ordinary (non-root) user.
I've wrote a fast fix for this. It adds /dev/vmmctl device when vmm module is
loaded. When you can set any permissions on it by editing /etc/devfs.conf, for
example, or simply calling chown/chmod. Those users, who can read from / write
to this device can create, open and destroy virtual machines. The devices in
/dev/vmm and /dev/vmm.io are created with UIDs of user who creates them. The
old way for creating or destroying virtual machines was removed ("beavis"
sysctls), libvmmapi is changed correspondingly with the kernel.
Please tell me what you think.
As for me, I added myself to a group bhyveusr and added the following to
/etc/devfs.conf
own vmmctl root:bhyveusr
perm vmmctl 0660
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