On Sat, 2025-03-22 at 20:26 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 3/22/25 8:19 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users
> > > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Fedora 41
> > > > virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch
> > > >
> > > > When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's
> > > > account that I initially created during the install of FC41.
> > > >
> > > > How do I get it to ask for the root's password instead?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > > -T
> >
> > On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko wrote:
> > > Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your
> > user
> > to the libvirt group with usermod -a -G libvirt <username> ?
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Best regards, Alex
> >
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Hmmmm. What group "libvert"?
> >
> > # grep -i libvert /etc/group
> > <nothing>
> >
> > So I manually added the group
> >
> > # groupadd -r libvert
> >
> > And now I get
> >
> > # grep -i libvert /etc/group
> > libvert:x:965:
> >
> > But
> >
> > # usermod -a -G libvirt root
> >
> > does not add root or any other the other four users I added
> > to the group
>
> This is the only one you actually spelled correctly. But you're
> supposed to be adding your user, not root to the group.
>
> > # grep -i libvert /etc/group
> > libvert:x:965:
> >
> > What am I missing? Is it time for "vi"?
>
> Try doing that again with the correct group name.
>
Check spelling libvirt no libvert
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