scripts: Run QEMU as normal user

To run QEMU as normal user, we store the files in the appropriate user directory (if available). Signed-off-by: George Hopkins <[email protected]>
unikraft · Feb 8, 2022 · 19d8101 · 19d8101
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commit 19d8101
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 17 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/qemu-guest b/scripts/qemu-guest
@@ -339,28 +339,15 @@ _ideid_2_unit()
     printf '%d' "$UNIT"
 }
 
-##
-## ARE WE ROOT?
-##
-if [ $( id -u ) != 0 ]; then
-	if [ -x $( which sudo ) ]; then
-		echo "Trying to get root privileges..." 1>&2
-		exec sudo "$0" "$@"
-		exit 2
-	fi
-
-	echo "Please run as root" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 ##
 ## MAIN
 ##
 QEMU_BASE_ARGS=()
 QEMU_ARGS=()
-SOCK_MONITOR="/run/$( basename "$0" )-$$_monitor.socket"
-SOCK_SERIAL="/run/$( basename "$0" )-$$_serial.socket"
-PIDFILE="/run/$( basename "$0" )-$$_qemu.pid"
+RUNTIME_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run}"
+SOCK_MONITOR="$RUNTIME_DIR/$( basename "$0" )-$$_monitor.socket"
+SOCK_SERIAL="$RUNTIME_DIR/$( basename "$0" )-$$_serial.socket"
+PIDFILE="$RUNTIME_DIR/$( basename "$0" )-$$_qemu.pid"
 TEMP="/tmp/$( basename "$0" )-$$"
 
 ARG_MACHINETYPE="x86pc"