file: Restrict to regular files (RHBZ#582484).

[libguestfs.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9c09557..8b30318 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ to libguestfs in future.
 
    - RWMJ
 
 
    - RWMJ
 

-Python bindings
----------------
-
-Ideas for the Python bindings:
-https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-April/msg00114.html
-

 FUSE API
 --------
 
 FUSE API
 --------
 


@@ -23,15 +17,6 @@ IDs and the host.  It's not easy to automate this because you need
 extra details about the guest itself in order to get to its
 UID->username map (eg. /etc/passwd from the guest).
 
 extra details about the guest itself in order to get to its
 UID->username map (eg. /etc/passwd from the guest).
 

-BufferIn
---------
-
-BufferIn should turn into <char *, int> and simple strings in other
-languages that can handle 8 bit clean strings.
-
-Limit on transfers would still be 2MB for these types.
- - then implement write-file properly
-

 febootstrap / debootstrap inside appliance
 ------------------------------------------
 
 febootstrap / debootstrap inside appliance
 ------------------------------------------
 


@@ -100,23 +85,6 @@ This is mainly useful from live CDs, ie. virt-p2v.
 Should we bother having the daemon at all and just link the guestfsd
 code directly into libguestfs?
 
 Should we bother having the daemon at all and just link the guestfsd
 code directly into libguestfs?
 

-PPC problems
-------------
-
-[This section should be filed as bugs, but no one seems to care for
-PPC hosts and the hardware is rapidly becoming obsolete]
-
-  ppc (32 bit) works with qemu from git, however there is no serial console
-
-  ppc64 requires extra parameters:
-    -M mac99 -cpu ppc64
-  however it still fails:
-    invalid/unsupported opcode: 01 - 01 - 1a (06301e83) 00000000018c2738 1
-    invalid bits: 00400000 for opcode: 0b - 19 - 15 (2d746572) 0000000000009230
-
-  no serial console in ppc or ppc64 because no one can tell us what
-  console=ttyXX option to use
-

 Supermin appliance to febootstrap
 ---------------------------------
 
 Supermin appliance to febootstrap
 ---------------------------------
 


@@ -127,7 +95,6 @@ Ideas for extra commands
 
   General glibc / core programs:
     chgrp
 
   General glibc / core programs:
     chgrp

-    dd (?)

     more mk*temp calls
 
   ext2 properties:
     more mk*temp calls
 
   ext2 properties:


@@ -143,6 +110,7 @@ Ideas for extra commands
     findfs
     logsave
     mklost+found
     findfs
     logsave
     mklost+found

+    ext2undelete

 
   SELinux:
     chcat
 
   SELinux:
     chcat


@@ -236,16 +204,6 @@ ntfsclone
 Useful imaging tool:
 http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html
 
 Useful imaging tool:
 http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html
 

-Standard images
----------------
-
-Equip guestfish with some standard images that it can load
-quickly, eg:
-
-  load ext2
-
-Maybe it's better to create these on the fly?
-

 virt-rescue pty
 ---------------
 
 virt-rescue pty
 ---------------
 


@@ -256,8 +214,70 @@ http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=582185
 Note that pty requires cooperation inside the C code too (there are
 two sides to a pty, and one has to be handled after the fork).
 
 Note that pty requires cooperation inside the C code too (there are
 two sides to a pty, and one has to be handled after the fork).
 

-virt-rescue TERM
-----------------
+Windows-based daemon/appliance
+------------------------------
+
+See discussion on list:
+https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-November/msg00165.html
+
+qemu locking
+------------
+
+Add -drive file=...,lock=exclusive and -drive file=...,lock=shared
+
+Change libguestfs and libvirt to do the right thing, so that multiple
+instances of qemu cannot stomp on each other.
+
+virt-disk-explore
+-----------------
+
+For multi-level disk images such as live CDs:
+http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/unpack-the-russian-doll-of-a-f11-live-cd/
+
+It's possible with libguestfs to recursively look for anything that
+might be a filesystem, mount-{,loop} it and look in those, revealing
+anything in a disk image.
+
+However this won't work easily for VM disk images in the disk image.
+One would have to download those to the host and launch another
+libguestfs instance.
+
+List, mount filesystems by UUID and label
+-----------------------------------------
+
+[See related:
+http://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-August/msg00031.html]
+
+List filesystems by UUID or label.
+
+Mount filesystems by UUID or label.  (I'm not really sure if we can do
+this at the moment but we ought to be able to do it, and perhaps make
+it easier by having a direct command).
+
+Map filesystems to disk blocks
+------------------------------
+
+Map files/filesystems/(any other object) to the actual disk
+blocks they occupy.
+
+And vice versa.
+
+Is it even possible?
+
+Integration with host intrusion systems
+---------------------------------------
+
+Perfect way to monitor VMs from outside the VM.  Look for file
+hashes, log events, login/logout etc.
+
+http://www.ossec.net/
+http://la-samhna.de/samhain/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide/
+http://osiris.shmoo.com/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/
+
+-N option should be generated
+-----------------------------

 
 

-Pass TERM from the library, through the kernel command line, to the
-init script.
+'-N' option should be generated code, and should generate
+documentation in guestfish(1) manpage.