On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > > On 1/2/25 4:16 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM Robert McBroom via users > > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > >> > >> On 12/29/24 4:40 AM, Barry Scott wrote: > >> > >> On 29 Dec 2024, at 00:12, Jonathan Billings <billi...@negate.org> wrote: > >> > >> libvirtd was changed to use socket activation, so it *should* start if the > >> libvirtd.socket is enabled and activated > >> > >> Running Virtual machine Manager will connect to the socket and every thing > >> will start running. > >> To use Virtual machine manager without password prompts add your user to > >> the libvirt group. > >> > >> sudo useradd -G libvert -a <username> > >> > >> useradd -G libvirt -a rm3 > >> useradd: invalid option -- 'a' > >> Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN > >> useradd -D > >> useradd -D [options] > > > > This is from a Ubuntu 20 machine with QEMU/KVM: > > > > $ cat /etc/group | grep virt > > libvirt:x:145:jwalton,lboszormenyi,djb,pgutmann,apolyakov > > libvirt-qemu:x:64055:libvirt-qemu > > libvirt-dnsmasq:x:146: > > > > And from a Fedora 41 machine: > > > > $ cat /etc/group | grep virt > > libvirt:x:978:jwalton,djb,pgutmann,apolyakov > > You shouldn't need to use virtual machine manager to start libvirtd. It > should run at boot (if enabled) and start up any VMs that are set for > starting at boot. I haven't had any issues with that, although all my > VM hosts were installed a long time ago and only upgraded. I haven't > tried setting it up on a recently installed system, so maybe something > has changed.
My bad, Samuel. I was commenting on the group, but I see they are the same. (I crossed my wires and took rm3 as a group name, not a user name). Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
