Commit 30ce2f0e tried to fix the issue with an incorrect session URI to admin server but it messed up the checks: if (geteuid == 0 && VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///system") < 0) return -1; else if (VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///session") < 0) return -1; So if a client executed with root privileges tries to connect, its euid is checked (true) and the correct URI is successfully copied to @uristr (false), therefore the 'else' branch is taken and @uristr is replaced by the session URI which for root results in: Failed to connect socket to '/root/.cache/libvirt/libvirt-admin-sock': No such file or directory Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/libvirt-admin.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libvirt-admin.c b/src/libvirt-admin.c index 4552e84..03245b6 100644 --- a/src/libvirt-admin.c +++ b/src/libvirt-admin.c @@ -179,11 +179,13 @@ virAdmGetDefaultURI(virConfPtr conf, char **uristr) * we set the default admin server URI to 'libvirtd:///system' or * 'libvirtd:///session' depending on the process's EUID. */ - if (geteuid() == 0 && - VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///system") < 0) + if (geteuid() == 0) { + if (VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///system") < 0) return -1; - else if (VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///session") < 0) + } else { + if (VIR_STRDUP(*uristr, "libvirtd:///session") < 0) return -1; + } } } -- 2.5.5