libguestfs-tools.conf - configuration file for guestfish, guestmount,
virt-rescue
/etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/libguestfs/libguestfs-tools.conf
$HOME/.libguestfs-tools.rc
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libguestfs/libguestfs-tools.conf
libguestfs-tools.conf (or
$HOME/.libguestfs-tools.rc) changes the defaults for the
following programs only:
- •
-
guestfish(1)
- •
-
guestmount(1)
- •
-
virt-rescue(1)
There is currently only one setting which is controlled by this file. Adding (or
uncommenting):
read_only = true;
changes these programs so they act as if the
--ro flag was given on the
command line. You can use this to make the programs safe against accidental
modification of a live guest (users would have to explicitly add the
--rw flag to modify guests). This is not the default because it is not
backwards compatible. See also "OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE" in
guestfish(1).
Note that
the semicolon is required.
This file is parsed by the libconfig library. For more information about the
format, see:
http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig_manual.html
The order of the configuration files being read is, by importance:
- •
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libguestfs/libguestfs-tools.conf
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME is $HOME/.config if not set).
- •
- $HOME/.libguestfs-tools.rc
- •
- $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/libguestfs/libguestfs-tools.conf (where
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS means any of the directories in that environment
variable, or just /etc/xdg if not set)
- •
- /etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
This means local users can override the system configuration by copying the
configuration file (or creating it anew) into
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libguestfs/libguestfs-tools.conf.
/etc/libguestfs-tools.conf and
$HOME/.libguestfs-tools.rc are the old non-XDG paths
which are read for compatibility.
"OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE" in
guestfish(1),
guestmount(1),
virt-rescue(1),
http://libguestfs.org/,
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/.
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
Copyright (C) 2011-2020 Red Hat Inc.
To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
When reporting a bug, please supply:
- •
- The version of libguestfs.
- •
- Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled
from source, etc)
- •
- Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce
it.
- •
- Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the
complete, unedited output into the bug report.