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

On Wed, Oct 10, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > It depends on what instance of libvirtd you are connecting to. > > - The system instance, runs as root and requirs non-root users > to auth with policykit > > - The session instance, runs as the same user id as the client > app and does not require auth. > > Since libguestfs passes NULL for the URI, it will be connecting > to the session instance if libguestfs is non-root and thus not > require any auth. If libguestfs is run as root it will connect > to the system instance which requires polkit auth, but root already > has that granted. Thanks for that summary. Today I tried it with a openSuSE 12.2 system, which is more uptodate than a sles11sp2. Running libguestfs-test-tool fails because root starts a kvm guest, while a user starts a qemu guest. I think once the os type is correct for type 'qemu' it will work.