Am 02.04.2011 06:55, schrieb Amat: > Hey Guys, > > I have started using UML today and I think it's a great alternative to > most virtualization software. But I have a question. Does anyone now if > it is possible to lock the vm out of the host. What I mean is that once > the vm is booted, it has absolutely no way of going back to the host > machine (with commands such as `halt`, `init 0`,...) because I'm > planning on using it to setup a lab and access to the host machine > should be restricted.
You shouldn't let your lab users access the VM through the UML console, which is the terminal you started the VM from. As you say, when the VM shuts down it will drop back into the hosts shell. Better practice would be to start the UML machine inside a screen session (GNU screen) and, once running, detach from the session and log out (I assume you are running UML from a root account). Then let users log in with ssh, or set up X within UML and access that from the host or remote (VNC, xdm, etc.). Redirecting a guest tty to a host pty would be possible too, if you want to give your users the thrill of a console login prompt... you'll have to connect the correct pty to a terminal obviously. Haven't done anything like that in a very long time, so others would be better able to help there if you wanted that. Jochen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
