[libvirt-users] Authenticating virsh with username and password

Hi, I am new to libvirt and still learning, so thanks for any help. I am using libvirt configured with username and password. I need to utilize libvirt service "libvirt-guests.service" to shutdown all my VMs on system shutdown. Unfortunately it fails due to failed authentication. Jun 26 15:56:55 localhost virsh[13326]: All-whitespace username. Jun 26 15:56:55 localhost libvirt-guests.sh[13114]: Unable to connect to libvirt currently. Retrying .. 2Please enter your authenti Jun 26 15:56:55 localhost libvirtd[1155]: End of file while reading data: Input/output error Is it possible to specify user and password somehow? I cannot run kerberos or some other token based authentication. Thanks for any help. Kind regards, Petr Kotas