9:47 a.m.
I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4. Before
the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager without
issue. Now I get the following:
Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My userid is
already a member of the libvirt group.
I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs under
/var/log
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
10:21 a.m.
On 2 Jan 2024 09:47 -0600, from john(a)jlhimpel.net (John W. Himpel):
I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4.
Before
the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager without
issue. Now I get the following:
Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My userid is
already a member of the libvirt group.
I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs under
/var/log
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you checked ~/.cache/virt-manager/virt-manager.log for clues? See
virt-manager(1) under --debug.
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10:45 a.m.
Michael,
Thanks for the quick response.
I see the following:
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:27:09 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (connection:482)
conn=qemu:///system changed to state=Active
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:27:13 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (vmmenu:210)
Starting vm 'testFedora'
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:27:13 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (error:101) error
dialog message:
summary=Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to
open system token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
details=Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in
cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 108, in
tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py",
line 57, in newfn
ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line
1402, in startup
self._backend.create()
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1373, in
create
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreate() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to open system
token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:46:48 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (manager:196)
Closing manager
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:46:48 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (engine:323) window
counter decremented to 0
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:46:48 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (engine:343) No
windows found, requesting app exit
[Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:46:48 virt-manager 4054] DEBUG (connection:838)
conn.close() uri=qemu:///system
After further investigation, I see that /run/libvirt/common has
permissions of:
drwx------. 2 root root 60 Jan 1 22:44 common
Since I am running virt-manager from my userid, I think this is
probably the issue.
Any suggestions on how to access /run/libvirt/common/system.token as a
non-priviledged user of virt-manager?
On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 16:21 +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:
On 2 Jan 2024 09:47 -0600, from john(a)jlhimpel.net (john W. Himpel):
> I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4.
> Before
> the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager without
> issue. Now I get the following:
>
> Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
> system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
>
> I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My userid
> is
> already a member of the libvirt group.
>
> I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs under
> /var/log
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you checked ~/.cache/virt-manager/virt-manager.log for clues?
See
virt-manager(1) under --debug.
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11:14 a.m.
On 2 Jan 2024 10:45 -0600, from john(a)jlhimpel.net (John W. Himpel):
After further investigation, I see that /run/libvirt/common has
permissions of:
drwx------. 2 root root 60 Jan 1 22:44 common
Since I am running virt-manager from my userid, I think this is
probably the issue.
Maybe not. That directory has the same permissions on my Debian
system, and I can use virt-manager just fine as an unprivileged user.
I'm on virt-manager 4.1.0 and libvirt 9.0.0. (Current Debian
12/Bookworm.)
Any suggestions on how to access /run/libvirt/common/system.token as
a
non-priviledged user of virt-manager?
Sorry, no, not really. Hopefully someone else will be able to chime
in.
I see you're connecting to the system qemu instance. Does it make any
difference if you connect to the user instance? That should be
$ virt-manager -c qemu:///session --debug
You obviously won't see any of the VMs in the system instance doing
that, but it just _might_ provide a clue as to where to look next if
that does work. Try creating a new VM that way if you don't have
anything handy, and check the output for anything that looks like a
corresponding socket location when you start it.
Also, have you tried using some other front-end, such as AQEMU,
virt-install or virsh (as the same unprivileged user) to do the same
thing?
Just trying to think of things that might narrow down the
possibilities for what might be the actual culprit in your setup.
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8:17 a.m.
I was able to resolve this issue by doing a complete system selinux
relabeling.
Thanks to those who reached out to assist.
On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 09:47 -0600, John W. Himpel wrote:
I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4.
Before
the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager without
issue. Now I get the following:
Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My userid is
already a member of the libvirt group.
I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs under
/var/log
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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8:40 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 08:17:58AM -0600, John W. Himpel wrote:
I was able to resolve this issue by doing a complete system
selinux
relabeling.
Thanks to those who reached out to assist.
On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 09:47 -0600, John W. Himpel wrote:
> I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4.
> Before
> the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager without
> issue. Now I get the following:
>
> Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
> system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
>
> I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My userid is
> already a member of the libvirt group.
>
> I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs under
> /var/log
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Glad you have fixed it.
Is /run a tmpfs filesystem on your Fedora system? ie:
$ mount | grep /run
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev,seclabel,size=3200856k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,inode64)
Rich.
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12:02 p.m.
Rich,
Yes the /run is indeed on a tmp filesystem.
I did a "touch /autorelabel followed by a complete system shutdown to
power off followed by a system startup.
The timestamp on /run/libvirt/common is today's date with a timestamp
consistent with system startup.
Thanks for reaching out.
John
On Wed, 2024-01-03 at 14:40 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 08:17:58AM -0600, John W. Himpel wrote:
> I was able to resolve this issue by doing a complete system
> selinux
> relabeling.
>
> Thanks to those who reached out to assist.
>
>
> On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 09:47 -0600, John W. Himpel wrote:
> > I just updated libvirt to 9.10.0-3 and virt-manager to 4.1.0-4.
> > Before
> > the update, I could start my defined VMs from virt-manager
> > without
> > issue. Now I get the following:
> >
> > Error starting domain: can't connect to virtlogd. Unable to open
> > system.token /run/libvirt/common/system.token: Permission denied
> >
> > I am running virt-manager from my unpriviledged userid. My
> > userid is
> > already a member of the libvirt group.
> >
> > I see no error messages in the journal or in any of the logs
> > under
> > /var/log
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Glad you have fixed it.
Is /run a tmpfs filesystem on your Fedora system? ie:
$ mount | grep /run
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev,seclabel,size=3200856k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,ino
de64)
Rich.
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