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authorRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2008-04-16 12:58:06 +0100
committerRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2008-04-16 12:58:06 +0100
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Update manpage.
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-rw-r--r--virt-df/virt-df.121
-rw-r--r--virt-df/virt-df.pod21
-rw-r--r--virt-df/virt-df.txt19
3 files changed, 39 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/virt-df/virt-df.1 b/virt-df/virt-df.1
index ff7e92d..93c4ad7 100644
--- a/virt-df/virt-df.1
+++ b/virt-df/virt-df.1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "VIRT-DF 1"
-.TH VIRT-DF 1 "2008-03-04" "ocaml-libvirt-0.4.0.3" "Virtualization Support"
+.TH VIRT-DF 1 "2008-04-16" "ocaml-libvirt-0.4.1.1" "Virtualization Support"
.SH "NAME"
virt\-df \- 'df'\-like utility for virtualization stats
.SH "SUMMARY"
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ Show all domains. The default is show only running (active) domains.
.IX Item "-c uri, --connect uri"
Connect to libvirt \s-1URI\s0. The default is to connect to the default
libvirt \s-1URI\s0, normally Xen.
+.IP "\fB\-\-debug\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--debug"
+Emit debugging information on stderr. Please supply this if you
+report a bug.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-human\-readable\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --human-readable"
Display human-readable sizes (eg. 10GiB).
@@ -165,6 +169,11 @@ Display inode information.
.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "--help"
Display usage summary.
+.IP "\fB\-t diskimage\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-t diskimage"
+Test mode. Instead of checking libvirt for domain information, this
+runs virt-df directly on the disk image (or device) supplied. You may
+specify the \fB\-t\fR option multiple times.
.IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "--version"
Display version and exit.
@@ -202,12 +211,8 @@ superblock, for example \fIfsync\fR\|(2) [that is my reading of the ext2/3
source code at least].
.SH "SECURITY"
.IX Header "SECURITY"
-The current code is probably not secure against malicious guests. In
-particular a malicious guest can set up a disk in such a way that disk
-structures with loops can cause virt-df to spin forever. We are
-preparing a parsing library which can fix these sorts of problems.
-.PP
-In the meantime, do not run virt-df on untrusted guests.
+The current code tries hard to be secure against malicious guests, for
+example guests which set up malicious disk partitions.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIdf\fR\|(1),
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ have fixed it.
Run
.Sp
.Vb 1
-\& virt-df > virt-df.log 2>&1
+\& virt-df --debug > virt-df.log 2>&1
.Ve
.Sp
and keep \fIvirt\-df.log\fR. It contains error messages which you should
diff --git a/virt-df/virt-df.pod b/virt-df/virt-df.pod
index 84b1d97..ffde02b 100644
--- a/virt-df/virt-df.pod
+++ b/virt-df/virt-df.pod
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Show all domains. The default is show only running (active) domains.
Connect to libvirt URI. The default is to connect to the default
libvirt URI, normally Xen.
+=item B<--debug>
+
+Emit debugging information on stderr. Please supply this if you
+report a bug.
+
=item B<-h>, B<--human-readable>
Display human-readable sizes (eg. 10GiB).
@@ -44,6 +49,12 @@ Display inode information.
Display usage summary.
+=item B<-t diskimage>
+
+Test mode. Instead of checking libvirt for domain information, this
+runs virt-df directly on the disk image (or device) supplied. You may
+specify the B<-t> option multiple times.
+
=item B<--version>
Display version and exit.
@@ -85,12 +96,8 @@ source code at least].
=head1 SECURITY
-The current code is probably not secure against malicious guests. In
-particular a malicious guest can set up a disk in such a way that disk
-structures with loops can cause virt-df to spin forever. We are
-preparing a parsing library which can fix these sorts of problems.
-
-In the meantime, do not run virt-df on untrusted guests.
+The current code tries hard to be secure against malicious guests, for
+example guests which set up malicious disk partitions.
=head1 SEE ALSO
@@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ have fixed it.
Run
- virt-df > virt-df.log 2>&1
+ virt-df --debug > virt-df.log 2>&1
and keep I<virt-df.log>. It contains error messages which you should
submit with your bug report.
diff --git a/virt-df/virt-df.txt b/virt-df/virt-df.txt
index fcddafb..aa02a8f 100644
--- a/virt-df/virt-df.txt
+++ b/virt-df/virt-df.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ OPTIONS
Connect to libvirt URI. The default is to connect to the default
libvirt URI, normally Xen.
+ --debug
+ Emit debugging information on stderr. Please supply this if you
+ report a bug.
+
-h, --human-readable
Display human-readable sizes (eg. 10GiB).
@@ -32,6 +36,11 @@ OPTIONS
--help
Display usage summary.
+ -t diskimage
+ Test mode. Instead of checking libvirt for domain information, this
+ runs virt-df directly on the disk image (or device) supplied. You
+ may specify the -t option multiple times.
+
--version
Display version and exit.
@@ -68,12 +77,8 @@ SHORTCOMINGS
least].
SECURITY
- The current code is probably not secure against malicious guests. In
- particular a malicious guest can set up a disk in such a way that disk
- structures with loops can cause virt-df to spin forever. We are
- preparing a parsing library which can fix these sorts of problems.
-
- In the meantime, do not run virt-df on untrusted guests.
+ The current code tries hard to be secure against malicious guests, for
+ example guests which set up malicious disk partitions.
SEE ALSO
df(1), virsh(1), xm(1), <http://www.libvirt.org/ocaml/>,
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ REPORTING BUGS
2. Capture debug and error messages
Run
- virt-df > virt-df.log 2>&1
+ virt-df --debug > virt-df.log 2>&1
and keep *virt-df.log*. It contains error messages which you should
submit with your bug report.