Re: [libvirt-users] qemu-bridge-helper issue

On 06/25/2014 10:22 AM, abhishek jain wrote: > Hi > > I'm able to run the below command using root permission.... > > sudo kvm -netdev bridge,br=qbr0ccdca50-fa,id=hostnet -M ppce500 > Warning: netdev hostnet has no peer > Could not initialize SDL(No available video device) - exiting > > > However when I'm running the same command without root authority,I'm > getting following logs... > > kvm -netdev bridge,br=qbr0ccdca50-fa,id=hostnet -M ppce500 > failed to create tun device: Operation not permitted > failed to launch bridge helper > kvm: -netdev bridge,br=qbr0ccdca50-fa,id=hostnet: Device 'bridge' > could not be initialized > > > I need to run the above command without root authority.Please help > regarding this. Search for qemu-bridge-helper and you should find information about the ACL file that needs to be setup for this to work properly. For example, this has a short description, but doesn't sound like it's intended to be the final authority: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/HelperNetworking