qemu-init library


qemud-ast

This is the same content like the man page qemud-ast(8). See naming conventions for abbreviations.


qemud-ast(8)

August 27, 2020

NAME

qemud-ast - enable or disable autostart of virtual machines

SYNOPSIS

 qemud-ast <name> 

DESCRIPTION

 qemud-ast  is designed as executable library to be invoked by  qemu-adm .  qemud-ast  changes the autostart option of <name>. If autostart is OFF it will be set to ON and vice versa. The autostart function will be evaluated by  qemud (8) only.

CONFIG FILES

The config file  ETCDIR/autostart  contains all virtual machines which have autostart enabled. For security reasons root privileges are required to write to  ETCDIR/autostart  (see below).

SECURITY

To enable autostart root privileges are required. Members of the SYSGRP are allowed to disable autostart only.

SEE ALSO:

qemu-adm(1), qemud(8)