On Sun, 02 Jan 2022 01:31:12 -0500,
Grant Taylor wrote:
>
> On 1/1/22 11:05 PM, John Covici wrote:
> > Well, I foujnd out something. If I go to the file menu, I can
> > add the connection manually and it works,
>
> That sounds familiar.
>
> > but I wonder why I have to do that?
>
> Because the KVM Virtual Manager is designed such that it can
> administer KVM / libvirt / qemu on multiple systems. It's really
> client-server infrastructure. You're just needing to point the
> client at your local server one time.
>
> > Also, before I do anything, it asks me for the root password
> > and says system policy prevents local management of virtual
> > machines. Do you know why this is so?
>
> This also seems familiar.
>
> Try re-starting the libvirt / kvm daemons. They may not be aware
> that your user is now a member of the proper group. -- Aside:
> This is why a reboot is ... convenient, but not required.
>
> This /should/ be taken care of proper group administration for
> your normal user.
>
> I ran into this a long time ago when I set up KVM on my last
> Gentoo system. I don't remember exactly what I had to do to
> resolve it. I do know that it was less than five minutes of
> searching the web to find the answer, cussing at what needed to
> be done, and doing it. That system has been running perfectly
> fine for many years.
>
>
>
OK, I fixed it, the group name was wrong when I tried the last time, I
had libvirtd and its only libvirt and that seems to have fixed things.
Thanks.
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici wb2una
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