RE: [opensuse-virtual] How to use virt-manager as non-root? (VirtPolicyKit?)
At the risk of suggesting an obvious solution, why not run virt-manager via kdesu? I always log in remotely as a normal user and then use su for any admin tasks.
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Andrew Foulsham
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hi,
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Andrew Foulsham
At the risk of suggesting an obvious solution, why not run virt-manager via kdesu? I always log in remotely as a normal user and then use su for any admin tasks.
yes, kdesu -c "/usr/bin/virt-manager -c xen:///" works. as for reasons, in our case, -- it's supposed to work" as non-root with PolicyKit -- the usual discouragement about running as root -- not all virt-manager users are going to be given root access -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org
kdesu/gnomesu and VNC are all excellent options. I haven't tried PolicyKit, but I wouldn't expect it to work completely. virt-manager on OpenSuSE has dependencies on systems that are not PolicyKit aware. vm-install, for instance, forces the user to log in as root. I'm also not sure how well some of the resource management pieces are integrated with PolicyKit. I think the "su" and VNC options are your best bet. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org
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