[libvirt] Error starting VM as a root user, but works fine as a normal (non-root) user
[harsh@harshbora libvirt]$ sudo virsh create ~/testVMs/my_vm.xml error: Failed to create domain from /home/harsh/testVMs/my_vm.xml error: internal error cannot parse /home/harsh/local/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 version number in '' [harsh@harshbora libvirt]$ virsh create ~/testVMs/my_vm.xml Domain my_vm created from /home/harsh/testVMs/my_vm.xml Anyone, help?
On 09/22/2010 11:45 PM, Harsh Bora wrote:
[harsh@harshbora libvirt]$ sudo virsh create ~/testVMs/my_vm.xml error: Failed to create domain from /home/harsh/testVMs/my_vm.xml error: internal error cannot parse /home/harsh/local/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 version number in ''
It looks like the attempt to execute 'path/to/qemu-system-x86_64 -version' is failing, leaving an empty string instead of version output. Could this be a SELinux issue preventing the execution of a file as root that doesn't have proper labelling? Does an strace yield any hints?
[harsh@harshbora libvirt]$ virsh create ~/testVMs/my_vm.xml Domain my_vm created from /home/harsh/testVMs/my_vm.xml
Particularly since the same file can be executed as non-root?
Anyone, help?
-- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
On 09/24/2010 03:34 AM, Eric Blake wrote: <snip>
It looks like the attempt to execute 'path/to/qemu-system-x86_64 -version' is failing, leaving an empty string instead of version output. Could this be a SELinux issue preventing the execution of a file as root that doesn't have proper labelling? Does an strace yield any hints?
[harsh@harshbora libvirt]$ virsh create ~/testVMs/my_vm.xml Domain my_vm created from /home/harsh/testVMs/my_vm.xml
Particularly since the same file can be executed as non-root?
Interesting thought. Harsh, if you're not sure how to check, maybe do a grep for "qemu" in /var/log/audit/audit.log and see if anything interesting turns up?
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