Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] polkit: Allow password-less access for 'libvirt' group

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 07:51:11PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote: > Many users, who admin their own machines, want to be able to access > system libvirtd via tools like virt-manager without having to enter > a root password. Just google 'virt-manager without password' and > you'll find many hits. I've read at least 5 blog posts over the years > describing slightly different ways of achieving this goal. > > Let's finally add official support for this. > > Install a polkit-1 rules file granting password-less auth for any user > in the new 'libvirt' group. Create the group on RPM install > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957300 > --- > daemon/50-libvirt.rules | 9 +++++++++ > daemon/Makefile.am | 13 +++++++++++++ > libvirt.spec.in | 15 +++++++++++++-- > 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 daemon/50-libvirt.rules > > diff --git a/daemon/50-libvirt.rules b/daemon/50-libvirt.rules > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..01a15fa > --- /dev/null > +++ b/daemon/50-libvirt.rules > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ > +// Allow any user in the 'libvirt' group to connect to system libvirtd > +// without entering a password. > + > +polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { > + if (action.id == "org.libvirt.unix.manage" && > + subject.isInGroup("libvirt")) { > + return polkit.Result.YES; > + } > +}); > That's what we're shipping in Debian since quiet some time: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-libvirt/libvirt.git/tree/debian/polki...