Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] launch: show hint to resolve authentication failure from libvirt

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf(a)aepfle.de&gt; --- Switching from attach-method "appliance" to "libvirt" has surprising side effects, so show a hint how to resolve the "authentication failed" error from libvirt. Patch is not compile tested. src/libvirtdomain.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/libvirtdomain.c b/src/libvirtdomain.c index eecea26..110ee86 100644 --- a/src/libvirtdomain.c +++ b/src/libvirtdomain.c @@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ guestfs__add_domain (guestfs_h *g, const char *domain_name, err = virGetLastError (); error (g, _("could not connect to libvirt (code %d, domain %d): %s"), err->code, err->domain, err->message); + if (err->code == VIR_ERR_AUTH_FAILED) + error (g, _("Possible fix: 'polkit-auth --user <username> --grant org.libvirt.unix.manage'"));