In scripts repeated execution of virsh can result in a lot of journal noise when pkttyagent gets registered with polkitd each time.
Resolves: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/757 --- NEWS.rst | 4 ++++ docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 8 ++++++++ tools/virsh.c | 13 ++++++++++++- tools/vsh.h | 1 + 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index ad8910da4c..12ef87bfce 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ v11.4.0 (unreleased) * **New features** + * virsh: Add option ``--no-pkttyagent`` + + That option suppresses registration of pkttyagent with polkitd. + * **Improvements** * **Bug fixes** diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst index cef9959f16..f2fac0acad 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst @@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ Output elapsed time information for each command. +- ``--no-pkttyagent`` + +Do not register ``pkttyagent`` as authentication agent with the +polkit system daemon, even if ``virsh`` has been started from a +terminal. + + + - ``-v``, ``--version[=short]`` Ignore all other arguments, and prints the version of the libvirt library diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c index 800e280c7a..6ae650ec89 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.c +++ b/tools/virsh.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include <config.h> #include "virsh.h" +#include <assert.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <getopt.h> #include <sys/time.h> @@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ virshConnect(vshControl *ctl, const char *uri, bool readonly) keepalive_forced = true; } - if (virPolkitAgentAvailable() && + if (!ctl->no_pkttyagent && + virPolkitAgentAvailable() && !(pkagent = virPolkitAgentCreate())) virResetLastError(); @@ -446,6 +448,7 @@ virshUsage(void) " -q | --quiet quiet mode\n" " -r | --readonly connect readonly\n" " -t | --timing print timing information\n" + " --no-pkttyagent suppress registration of pkttyagent\n" " -v short version\n" " -V long version\n" " --version[=TYPE] version, TYPE is short or long (default short)\n" @@ -642,6 +645,7 @@ virshParseArgv(vshControl *ctl, int argc, char **argv) { "quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q' }, { "readonly", no_argument, NULL, 'r' }, { "timing", no_argument, NULL, 't' }, + { "no-pkttyagent", no_argument, NULL, 0 }, { "version", optional_argument, NULL, 'v' }, { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }, }; @@ -739,6 +743,13 @@ virshParseArgv(vshControl *ctl, int argc, char **argv) case 'V': virshShowVersion(ctl); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); + case 0: + if (STREQ(opt[longindex].name, "no-pkttyagent")) { + ctl->no_pkttyagent = true; + break; + } else { + assert(false); + } case ':': for (i = 0; opt[i].name != NULL; i++) { if (opt[i].val == optopt) diff --git a/tools/vsh.h b/tools/vsh.h index 8b87c00ff4..3b75216e11 100644 --- a/tools/vsh.h +++ b/tools/vsh.h @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct _vshControl { bool imode; /* interactive mode? */ bool quiet; /* quiet mode */ bool timing; /* print timing info? */ + bool no_pkttyagent; /* suppress registration of pkttyagent? */ int debug; /* print debug messages? */ char *logfile; /* log file name */ int log_fd; /* log file descriptor */ -- 2.39.5
