Re: [libvirt] VM creation failed : Permission denied : bind(unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu//VM.monitor)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:33:31AM +0200, Pierre-Gilles Mialon wrote: > I use Ovirt under Fedora 11 with the latest developpement package and > the VM creation failed with : > bind(unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu//VM-4.monitor): Permission denied > > > ==> /var/log/libvirt/qemu/VM-4.log <== > LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin HOME=/root USER=root > LOGNAME=root /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 256 -smp 1 -name VM-4 -uuid > 492f836f-5123- e185-39c2-09c5dd43a7f6 -monitor > unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu//VM-4.monitor,server,nowait -boot n -net > nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:10:de:fe,vlan=0,name=nic.0 -net > tap,fd=18,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb -vnc > 0.0.0.0:0 - vga cirrus > bind(unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu//VM-4.monitor): Permission denied > qemu: could not open monitor device > 'unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu//VM-4.monitor,server,nowait' > > ==> # rpm -qa | grep libvirt <== > libvirt-0.7.0-0.2.gitf055724.fc11.x86_64 > libvirt-python-0.7.0-0.2.gitf055724.fc11.x86_64 > libvirt-client-0.7.0-0.2.gitf055724.fc11.x86_64 > libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc11.x86_64 Is SELinux in enforcing mode ? It is quite likley that we'll need to update the policy to allow QEMU to use UNIX domain sockets here, since historically we've only had to allow PTYs.