Windows 7 (and possibly other versions) cannot connect to the samba
share if the exported host directory is not world-readable. This can be
resolved by forcing the username used for access checks to the one
under which QEMU and smbd are running.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
#include "config-host.h"
#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <pwd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#endif
#include "net.h"
static int instance;
char smb_conf[128];
char smb_cmdline[128];
+ struct passwd *passwd;
FILE *f;
+ passwd = getpwuid(geteuid());
+ if (!passwd) {
+ error_report("failed to retrieve user name");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
snprintf(s->smb_dir, sizeof(s->smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%ld-%d",
(long)getpid(), instance++);
if (mkdir(s->smb_dir, 0700) < 0) {
"[qemu]\n"
"path=%s\n"
"read only=no\n"
- "guest ok=yes\n",
+ "guest ok=yes\n"
+ "force user=%s\n",
s->smb_dir,
s->smb_dir,
s->smb_dir,
s->smb_dir,
s->smb_dir,
s->smb_dir,
- exported_dir
+ exported_dir,
+ passwd->pw_name
);
fclose(f);