Re: [libvirt-users] Permission denied

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt;wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:02:40PM +0200, Roland Giesler wrote: > > System: > > $ cat /etc/issue > > Ubuntu 12.10 \n \l > > > > $ uname -a > > Linux Matt-HP 3.5.0-34-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 6 20:20:19 UTC 2013 > > i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > > > I have a converted VMWare virtual machine which I converted by using: > > > > $ vmware2libvirt -f ./WinXPPro.vmx > WinXPPro.xml > > $ virsh -c qemu:///system define WinXPPro.xml > > You're using 'qemu:///system' here which is a privileged instance > of libvirt, where the QEMU process runs as a dedicated user ID. > > > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > > <driver name='qemu' type='vmdk'/> > > <source file='/home/roland/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk'/> > > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> > > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > > </disk> > > Here you're putting the disk in /home/roland, and I'm guessing > that /home/roload is mode -rwx-------, which will prevent the > QEMU user ID from accessing the disk. > > When using qemu:///system, it is recommended to use > /var/lib/libvirt/images as the disk storage location. > I have done that now, but still have the same problem. $ ls -la total 15899728 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:28 . drwx--x--x 3 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:13 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1474560 Jun 24 20:00 floppy_disk_image -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1073741824 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmem -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 135507536 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmss -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8684 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro.nvram -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2145255424 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s001.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146238464 Jun 24 20:33 WinXPPro-s002.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146631680 Jun 24 20:25 WinXPPro-s003.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3211264 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s004.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2106261504 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro-s005.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146697216 Jun 24 20:00 WinXPPro-s006.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2162688 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-s007.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146107392 Jun 24 20:06 WinXPPro-s008.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2099511296 Jun 24 19:58 WinXPPro-s009.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 128446464 Jun 24 20:19 WinXPPro-s010.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 857 Jun 25 15:54 WinXPPro.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro.vmsd -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4208 Jun 25 21:20 WinXPPro.vmx -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2932 Jun 25 15:57 WinXPPro.vmxf -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 876 Jun 25 21:28 WinXPPro.xml $ virsh start WinXPPro error: Failed to start domain WinXPPro error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-i386: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=vmdk: could not open disk image /var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk: Permission denied Changing the user and group makes no difference: $ sudo chown libvirt-qemu:kvm * roland@Matt-HP:/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro$ ls -la total 15899728 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:28 . drwx--x--x 3 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:13 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 1474560 Jun 24 20:00 floppy_disk_image -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 1073741824 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmem -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 135507536 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmss -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 8684 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro.nvram -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2145255424 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s001.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146238464 Jun 24 20:33 WinXPPro-s002.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146631680 Jun 24 20:25 WinXPPro-s003.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 3211264 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s004.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2106261504 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro-s005.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146697216 Jun 24 20:00 WinXPPro-s006.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2162688 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-s007.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146107392 Jun 24 20:06 WinXPPro-s008.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2099511296 Jun 24 19:58 WinXPPro-s009.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 128446464 Jun 24 20:19 WinXPPro-s010.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 857 Jun 25 15:54 WinXPPro.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 0 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro.vmsd -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 4208 Jun 25 21:20 WinXPPro.vmx -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2932 Jun 25 15:57 WinXPPro.vmxf -rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 876 Jun 25 21:28 WinXPPro.xml $ virsh start WinXPPro error: Failed to start domain WinXPPro error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-i386: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=vmdk: could not open disk image /var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk: Permission denied