Re: [PATCH RFC] util: pick a better runtime directory when XDG_RUNTIME_DIR isn't set
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 03:11:56PM -0500, Laine Stump wrote:
On 2/17/25 5:28 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 02:14:49AM -0500, Laine Stump wrote:
> > But sometimes XDG_RUNTIME_DIR isn't set in the user's environment.
>
> Do you have examples of scenarios in which this happens, and
> yet the /run/user/NNNN directory is still being created, as
> that rather sounds like something is broken outside of libvirt.
After seeing the bug report, I replicated the situation by ssh'ing in as a
user that hadn't previously logged in, and then unsetting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. I
hadn't thought there might be some other case where the user could be logged
in but XDG_RUNTIME_DIR had never been set.
But after seeing your question I tried running
sudo $someuser virsh list
NB, that is the classic sudo usage trapdoor, because they didn't
make "-i" (aka --login) the default, so your environment is not
populated correctly.
I'd hope that when passing sudo -i ... it will do the right
thing
With regards,
Daniel
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