[fedora-virt] F16 guestfs-browser as non-root

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 11:00:08AM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Getting permission denied.
> When loading guests as non-root
> 
> Have made a pkla, in
> /var/lib/polit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/guestfs-browser.pkla
> 
> [Local guestfs-browser Permissions]
> Identity=unix-user:frank
> Action=org.libguestfs.unix.*
> ResultAny=no
> ResultInactive=no
> ResultActive=yes
> 
> Have also tried:
> Action=org.guestfs.unix.*
> Action=org.libvirt.unix.*

What's the actual, complete error message?

What's the output when you use:

  export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1

How about if you use:

  export LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1

libguestfs itself doesn't use PolicyKit, so it's doubtful that
creating that .pkla file is having any effect whatsoever.  libvirt
uses PolicyKit, and libguestfs uses libvirt to get a list of local
guests, so a *libvirt* .pkla file may be necessary, but without
knowing what the error is, it's hard to tell.

Rich.

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