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Re: [Xen-devel] Acquire uuid of user domain X from Dom0

To: "Jacob Gorm Hansen" <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Acquire uuid of user domain X from Dom0
From: Liran Schour <LIRANS@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:57:21 +0300
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jacobgorm@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/09/2006 20:01:26:

> On 9/11/06, Liran Schour <LIRANS@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > How can I read it from xenstore as I can see from examples in the code
> > xenstore API inside the kernel, like xenbus_read, assumes that we are
> > already inside the path /local/domain/X ( X = 0 ) and I need
information
> > about domain Y. Any ideas?
>
> hi,
> I am be wrong here, but I don't think you are supposed to use the UUID
> inside the kernel, as this is a Xend-only construct.

I am working on a security project in which I need some unique identifier
for each domain. UUID sounds like a reasonable choice. The only problem is
how do I technically get it from dom0?

- Liran


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